Sale 258


Lot 1049

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826), 3rd President of the U.S. Virginia drafter and Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Vice-President 1797-1801. 9 x 7 ALS while Vice-President and president-elect, April 10, 1801, to Fulwar Skipworth, U.S. Consul in Paris. Letter of introduction for bearer, Louis Buchanan Smith, son of Senator Smith "now acting as Secretary of the Navy". Young Smith proposes to visit Europe, and Jefferson acknowledges that "the state of my acquaintance in France, at present, not enabling me to give him letters, I will ask the favor of you to supply for him that deficiency." Jefferson resided in Paris from 1784-1789 at the end of the reign of the deposed and executed Louis XVI. Neatly inlaid. Magnificent condition.
Estimate 15,000 - 20,000

Robert Smith served Jefferson as Secretary of the Navy 1801-1809 and as Attorney General 1805, and was Madison's Secretary of State 1809-1811.


 
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