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To Thomas Jefferson from David Gelston, 20 September 1804

From David Gelston

New York Septr. 20th. 1804—

Sir,

I have sent to the care of the Collector at Alexandria, by Capt. Wm. Sutherland in the Scho. two friends, two books, addressed to you, which I received from Lieut Leonard on his return from France—

This is the first opportunity I have had to send them by water—I was apprehensive they would be injured, if sent by land—

I have the honor to be, very respectfully—Sir, your obedient servant

David Gelston

RC (MHi); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson President U.S.”; endorsed by TJ as received 1 Oct. and so recorded in SJL.

two books: copies of Volney’s Tableau du climat et du sol des États-Unis d’Amérique (Sowerby, description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, Washington, D.C., 1952-59, 5 vols. description ends No. 4032; see James T. Leonard to TJ, 8 Aug.).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from David Gelston, 20 September 1804
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    “To Thomas Jefferson from David Gelston, 20 September 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-44-02-0373. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 44, 1 July to 10 November 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019, p. 414.]

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