Thomas Jefferson Papers

Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 21 August 1805

From Robert Smith

Navy Department 21 Aug 1805

Sir,

Should you approve of the appointment of Mr. Jno Williams to a lieutenancy in the corps of Marines, I request your signature to the enclosed commission. The letters herewith transmitted will explain to you Mr William’s qualifications.

I have the honor to be with great respect Sir, yr mo ob s.

Rt Smith

RC (DLC); at foot of text: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received 26 Aug. and “Williams Lt.” and so recorded in SJL. FC (Lb in DNA: RG 45, LSP). Enclosures not found, but see TJ to Smith, 26 Aug.

John Williams served in the Marine Corps until his death in 1812 during the occupation of East Florida (NDBW description begins Dudley W. Knox, ed., Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars with the Barbary Powers, Washington, D.C., 1939-44, 6 vols. and Register of Officer Personnel and Ships’ Data, 1801-1807, Washington, D.C., 1945 description ends , Register, 66; New-York Commercial Advertiser, 20 Oct. 1812).

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    Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 21 August 1805
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    Smith, Robert
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    21 August 1805

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    “Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 21 August 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-47-02-0242. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 47, 6 July to 19 November 1805, ed. James P. McClure et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023, p. 232.]

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