Albert Gallatin to Thomas Jefferson, 12 September 1805
From Albert Gallatin
New York 12 Septer. 1805
Dear Sir
I enclose at last some observations on the Spanish affairs. The anxiety & occasional absence occasioned by the lingering illness of a child I finally lost had prevented my taking a sufficiently comprehensive view of the subject to commit any thing to writing: and even now I feel that it is very defective. Accept my congratulations on the Tripolan peace, and my wishes that you may terminate as favorably the Spanish differences.
With sincere attachment and great respect Your obedt. Servt.
Albert Gallatin
RC (DLC); at foot of text: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received 21 Sep. and “Span. affairs” and so recorded in SJL.
The Gallatins lost Sophia Albertine, who died within a year of her birth (Raymond Walters, Jr., Albert Gallatin: Jeffersonian Financier and Diplomat [New York, 1957], 218).