To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 15 November 1804
From Robert Smith
Nov. 15. 1804
Sir
I have the honor of informing you that a Commission of Captain in the Navy of the U. States1 has been sent to Mr Stephen Decatur Jun.
Y. St. S.
Rt Smith
RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ as received from the Navy Department on 15 Nov. and “Decatur” and so recorded in SJL.
1. Smith here canceled “dated.”