Thomas Jefferson Papers

Francis Taliaferro Brooke to Thomas Jefferson, [on or before 9 September 1805]

From Francis Taliaferro Brooke

[on or before 9 Sep. 1805]

Dr Sir

Permit me to make personally known to you Mr Roane one of the Judges of the Court of Appeals—his Character no Doubt well known to you, and your respect for high Talents and great merit assure me no apology is necessary for this Liberty—Yours wth Respect &c

F Brooke

RC (DLC); undated; endorsed by TJ as received 9 Sep. 1805 and so recorded in SJL.

Spencer Roane served on the Virginia Court of Appeals from 1795 until his death in 1822. As a prominent Virginia Republican, he supported the Jefferson and Madison administrations and frequently opposed the decisions of Chief Justice John Marshall (ANB description begins John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes, eds., American National Biography, New York and Oxford, 1999, 24 vols. description ends ; RS description begins J. Jefferson Looney and others, eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Princeton, 2004–  description ends , 9:72–4, 120).

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    Francis Taliaferro Brooke to Thomas Jefferson, [on or before 9 September 1805]
    Author
    Brooke, Francis Taliaferro
    Recipient
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    8 September 1805

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    “Francis Taliaferro Brooke to Thomas Jefferson, [on or before 9 September 1805],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-47-02-0319. [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. 318.]

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