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- GLC#
- GLC03873.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 16 April 1806
- Author/Creator
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Title
- to William Jarvis
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 items Height: 23.8 cm, Width: 19.1 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
First page contains Jefferson's letter to Jarvis acknowledging the receipt of Iberian wines for Monticello. Also briefly discusses U.S. foreign relations with European nations. Pages three and four contain Jarvis drafted response to Jefferson, dated July 22, 1806. Jarvis expresses satisfaction that the wines were well received and comments on foreign relations, including the prospect of the United States acquiring Florida. A Bostonian, Jarvis served as the Charge d'affaires at Lisbon from 1802 to 1811. Docketed on the second page.
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