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To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 3 August 1803

From Henry Dearborn

Washington August 3d. 1803

Sir

I have the honour of enclosing a letter from Capn. Lewis which came open to me, I have given permission to Lt. Hook to accompany Capt. Lewis.

with respectfull concideration I am Sir Your Huml Servt,

H. Dearborn

P.S. Your letter relative to Mr. Dupont has been duly recd. & attended to.

RC (DLC); at foot of text: “The President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received from the War Department on 5 Aug. and “Dupont.—M. Lewis” and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: Meriwether Lewis to TJ, 26 July.

permission: see Lewis to TJ, 26 July.

duly recd.: TJ to Dearborn, 29 July.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 3 August 1803
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    Dearborn, Henry
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    3 August 1803

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Dearborn, 3 August 1803,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-41-02-0103. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 41, 11 July–15 November 1803, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014, p. 140.]

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