Thomas Jefferson to Stackelberg, 23 October 1822

To Stackelberg

Monticello Oct. 23. 22.

Sir

I have recieved a letter from a mr Runnels of Saint Bartholomew’s asking from me some attention to the wish of his son, now in New York, to be appointed Consul or Agent of the US. to the islands of St Vincent’s, St Lucia, Trinidad or St Kitt’s. the style of the letter itself sufficiently indicates the high respectability of the writer, but, being personally unknown to me, he requests me to apply to yourself particularly for any thing you may be pleased to say of himself or his son. it is on the authority of this request only that I take the liberty of saying that I shall willingly be the channel of communicating to our government any testimony you may be so good as to give on the subject either of the father or son. I avail myself with pleasure of the opportunity thus furnished of tendering you the assurance of my high respect & consideration

Th: Jefferson

RC (NjP: Andre deCoppet Collection). PoC (MoSHi: TJC-BC); on verso of reused address cover of Thomas Mann Randolph to TJ, 31 July 1821; torn at seal; at foot of text: “Baron de Stackelberg Chargé des Affaires of Sweden”; endorsed by TJ.

Berndt Robert Gustaf Stackelberg (1784–1845), public official and diplomat, was born in Finland. He was the Swedish governor of Saint-Barthélemy, 1811–16, chargé d’affaires in Washington, D.C., 1819–32, and also adjutant general, 1828–32. Stackelberg died in Stockholm (Gabriel Anrep, Svenska Adelns Ättar-Taflor [1861], 104; Laureen Baillie, ed., Scandinavian Biographical Index [1994], 4:387–9; Madison, Papers description begins William T. Hutchinson, Robert A. Rutland, John C. A. Stagg, and others, eds., The Papers of James Madison, 1962– , 43 vols.: Congress. Ser., 17 vols.: Pres. Ser., 11 vols.: Retirement Ser., 3 vols.: Sec. of State Ser., 12 vols. description ends , Retirement Ser., 1:xxxiv, 550; Nils William Olsson, Swedish Passenger Arrivals in New York, 1820–1850 [1967], 4, 5n; Register of the Department of State [1874], 123; Clay, Papers description begins James F. Hopkins and others, eds., The Papers of Henry Clay, 1959–92, 11 vols. description ends ).

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Thomas Jefferson to Stackelberg, 23 October 1822
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient: Stackelberg, Berndt Robert Gustav, Baron von
Date: 23 October 1822

Reference

Cite as: “Thomas Jefferson to Stackelberg, 23 October 1822,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-19-02-0063. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 19, 16 September 1822 to 30 June 1823, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022, p. 89.]

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