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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to Caesar A. Rodney

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01483 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: Charlottesville, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 18, 1807 Pagination: 1 p. : free frank Height: 26 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Letter written as President to his Attorney General. Recipient from address leaf. Free franked. Written in Monticello. Discusses transmitting documents for trial of Aaron Burr.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Rodney, C. A. (Caesar Augustus), 1772-1824
Burr, Aaron, 1756-1836

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