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Autograph Letter Signed. Washington, G(eorge). Philadelphia, Sept. 7th, 1793. (To Thomas Jefferson) "Sir, / I have received your letter /of yesterday's date, and approving /the measures suggested therein, de / sire you will make arrangements / for carrying them into effect with / as little loss of time as may be / G: Washington." Docketed, "To / The Secy of State / of Sept. 1794." Clean, clear & dark, trimmed to fit oval frame (removed from frame) - with no loss of lettering, 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (140 x 190 mm).
Fitzpatrick 32: "Jefferson's letter is entered in the "Letter Book" in The Washington Papers. It is written in the third person and concerns his answer to Hammond's letter of August 30 regarding certain special cases of vessels and the establishment of a general rule of restitution... Jefferson wished the cabinet to approve the draft of his answer to Hammond."
The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series 14;47, "Jefferson's letter to G.W. of 6 Sept. has not been found."