Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to M. de la Motte re: recommendation of Tobias Lear
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.033 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1793/11/05 Pagination: 1 p. + address 27 x 20 cm Order a Copy
Written in a clerk's hand while Jefferson was serving as Secretary of State, introducing Lear to de la Motte, Vice-Consul for the U.S. at Le Havre: "he is well known as the late Secretary of President Washington, and I can further assure you that he is a person of great understanding, descretion [sic], activity, & of the most perfect integrity."
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