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- GLC#
- GLC05506
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 13 May 1806
- Author/Creator
- Marshall, John, 1755-1835
- Title
- [Certifying "true copy" a Thomas Jefferson letter to John Walker]
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : address ; Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20.8 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Marshall's endorsement certifies this "true copy from the original shown me by Mr. Walker which I believe to be in the hand writing of Mr. Jefferson." James Madison also certified the letter, but his certification is written in Marshall's hand. The letter, dated 13 April 1803, concerns an alleged affair that Jefferson had had with the wife of John Walker. Jefferson was being attacked in the press. He expressed regret that he had not met with Walker earlier and talks about the newspaper writers and newspapers who he thinks should be silenced.
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