To Thomas Jefferson from Gabriel Duvall, 2 July 1805
From Gabriel Duvall
Comptroller’s Office, July 2. 1805.
Dear Sir,
The inclosed petition has been forwarded to me for the purpose of being laid before the President of the United States.—
I have no knowledge of the subject other than that obtained on a perusal of the petition & the letter from Mr. Hunter to me, which is also inclosed.
I am, with great respect & esteem, your obedt. Sert.
G. Duvall
RC (DLC); at foot of text: “The president U. States”; endorsed by TJ as received 2 July and so recorded in SJL. Enclosures: (1) Petition of Philip M. Topham, 3 May. (2) William Hunter to Duvall, 21 June, asking Duvall to forward Topham’s petition to TJ, explaining the merit in granting a pardon, and noting that the petition had been signed by Rhode Island’s “highest officers of Government, and our most respectable Inhabitants” (RC in DLC).