BIB_ID
104681
Accession number
MA 3143
Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, sender.
Display Date
Washington, D.C., 1808 February 27.
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1976.
Description
1 item (1 page, with address) ; 24.5 x 19.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to "The honble / General Varnum / Speaker of H. of R."
Marked "private."
Docketed in ink on verso.
Original paper seal with wax.
Marked "private."
Docketed in ink on verso.
Original paper seal with wax.
Provenance
Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
Summary
Defending himself against charges by Federalists in the House that he is withholding papers from them.
Defending himself against charges by Federalists in the House that he is withholding papers from them; arguing that "but were I to send 20 letters, they would say you have kept back the 21st, send in that? if I send 100 they would say 'there were 101.' and how could I prove the negative?" and that he is not keeping them from the legislature.
Defending himself against charges by Federalists in the House that he is withholding papers from them; arguing that "but were I to send 20 letters, they would say you have kept back the 21st, send in that? if I send 100 they would say 'there were 101.' and how could I prove the negative?" and that he is not keeping them from the legislature.
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