To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Smith, 1 September 1805
Baltimore Sep 1. 1805
Sir,
The friends of Mr Town are, as has been privately intimated to me, so solicitous in his behalf that a disappointment will be to them no small mortification. We may from their solicitude and their assurances presume that he is qualified for the Station he wishes to occupy. Such an Officer is necessary.
Respectfully
Rt Smith
DLC: Papers of Thomas Jefferson.