Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 23 July 1816
To Louis H. Girardin
Monticello July 23. 16.
Dear Sir
I think I once saw in your hands a copy of the approbatory1 resolution of our assembly, past after the enquiry instituted by mr Nicholas, in the session of 1781.1782. you will oblige me much by a copy of it by return of mail, as I have immediate occasion to quote it. have you not a letter of mr Page’s on the skirmish at Norfolk, which I think I loosened from it’s place & sent you? I do not ask the question with a view to it’s return if you are not done with it, but from a desire only to reinstate it when done with. I salute you with constant esteem and respect.
Th: Jefferson
RC (PPAmP: Thomas Jefferson Papers); addressed: “Mr Girardin Richmond”; franked; postmarked Charlottesville, 24 July.
The Virginia General Assembly passed a resolution on 12 Dec. 1781 thanking TJ for his services as governor. A House of Delegates resolution of 12 June 1781 had called for an enquiry into TJ’s conduct in that office during the previous twelve months (, 6:88–90, 97, 133–7). John Page’s letter to TJ of 11 Nov. [1775] describes the skirmish at Norfolk (, 1:256–9).
1. Word interlined.
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