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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to Comte de Moustier re: etiquette, new US Constitution, the Estates General

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03271 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: Paris, France Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 17 May 1788 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 24 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Written as American Minister to France, to Moustier, the French Minister to the U.S. Slight ink bleedthrough. Published in: Boyd, Papers of TJ, 13: 173-76.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Moustier, Elenor François-Élie, marquis de, 1751-1817

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