Thomas Jefferson Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Smith, 27 January 1808

Jan. 27. 08.

Th:J. to mr Smith

I think the answer to the Mayor of N. York must be that the law fixes the number of men we may subsist & pay, that having already that number employed, no authority but the legislature can give subsistence or pay to any additional number. Affectte. salutns.

DNA: RG 45--Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Secretary of the Navy.

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    From Thomas Jefferson to Robert Smith, 27 January 1808
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Smith, Robert
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    27 January 1808

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