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TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY 1 (ALBERT GALLATIN.) - Thomas Jefferson, The Works, vol. 10 (Correspondence and Papers 1803-1807) [1905]

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The Works of Thomas Jefferson, Federal Edition (New York and London, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904-5). Vol. 10.

Part of: The Works of Thomas Jefferson, 12 vols.

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TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY1
(ALBERT GALLATIN.)

j. mss.

Washington June 25, 1807. 5.30 P.M.

Dear Sir,

—I am sorry to be obliged to hasten your return to this place, & pray that it may be without a moment’s avoidable delay. The capture of the Chesapeake by a British ship of war renders it necessary to have all our Council together. The mail is closing. Affectionate salutations.

[1 ]A letter of the same purport was written to Dearborn. Later the President wrote to Gallatin.

July 1, 1807.

I received last night your letter from Havre de Grace, in which you count on being here to-day by two o’clock. It will save a day in the measures we may determine to take if I can see you soon after your arrival. If you arrive before half after three, come and take a family dinner with me, that I may put you in possession of what is under contemplation, so that you may have to reflect on it till to-morrow, when, as you will see by another note, I have asked a meeting. Affectionate salutations.