Thomas Jefferson Papers

Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 31 August 1805

From Robert Smith

Navy Depmt 31 Augt. 1805.

sir,

Should you approve of the appointment of Mr. Town to a 2nd. Lieutenancy of Marines, I request your signature to the commission herewith sent. The enclosed letters recommending him for the appointment, will explain to you his qualifications.

I am with high respect Sir, yr. mo ob Servt.

Rt Smith

RC (DLC); in a clerk’s hand, signed by Smith; at foot of text: “Thos. Jefferson esqr. President of the U States Monticello”; endorsed by TJ as received 6 Sep. and “Town” and so recorded in SJL. FC (Lb in DNA: RG 45, LSP). Enclosures not found.

Thomas Town served in the Marine Corps until his resignation in March 1806 (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).

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    Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 31 August 1805
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    Smith, Robert
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    31 August 1805

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    “Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 31 August 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-47-02-0290. [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. 288.]

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