Thomas Jefferson Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 3 May 1802

To Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours

Washington. May 3. 1802.

Th: J. to Mr dupont

Another letter to embarras you with, and a repetition of good wishes for your health & happiness.1 I set out on the 5th. instant for Monticello.

RC (DeGH); addressed: “Monsr. Dupont de Nemours on board the Benjamin Franklin Philadelphia.” Enclosure: TJ to Joel Barlow, 3 May.

1. TJ originally ended the letter here, before adding the final sentence.

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    From Thomas Jefferson to Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 3 May 1802
    Author
    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Nemours, Pierre Samuel Du Pont de
    Date
    3 May 1802

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 3 May 1802,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-37-02-0321. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 37, 4 March–30 June 1802, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2010, p. 403.]

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