Robert Smith to Thomas Jefferson, 1 September 1805
From Robert Smith
Baltimore Sep 1. 1805
Sir,
The friends of Mr Town are, as has been privately intimated to me, so solicitous in his behalf that a disappointment will be to them no small mortification. We may from their solicitude and their assurances presume that he is qualified for the Station he wishes to occupy. Such an Officer is necessary.
Respectfully
Rt Smith
RC (DLC); at foot of text: “The President”; endorsed by TJ as received 6 Sep. and “Town” and so recorded in SJL.