Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 1 June 1804

From Robert Smith

Navy dept. June 1. 1804.

I have the honor to request your Signature to the enclosed Warrant for John Mason, Sailmaker. He is intended for the frigate Essex.

Rt Smith

FC (Lb in DNA: RG 45, LSP); at head of text: “The President.”

Sailmaker john mason served on the frigates Essex and Constellation in the Mediterranean in 1804 and 1805 (NDBW description begins Dudley W. Knox, ed., Naval Documents Related to the United States Wars with the Barbary Powers, Washington, D.C., 1939-44, 6 vols. and Register of Officer Personnel and Ships’ Data, 1801-1807, Washington, D.C., 1945 description ends , Register, 36).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 1 June 1804
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    Smith, Robert
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    1 June 1804

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 1 June 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-43-02-0418. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 43, 11 March–30 June 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017, p. 527.]

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