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Politics, Government, and Law

 Subject
Subject Source: Cclabroad

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Jefferson letter

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227605471]
Identifier: MSS 4088
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a letter written by Thomas Jefferson praising the patriotism of the Massachusetts militia. Letter is dated February 17, 1809, and was written in Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1809 February 17

Presidential autographs

 Collection
Identifier: Vault MSS 502
Scope and Contents

Oversized presidential signature collection.

Dates: 1807-1851

Thomas Jefferson signed act of Congress

 Item — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197239243675]
Identifier: MSS 9090
Content Description

Contains a printed page with an act of the U.S. Congress signed by Thomas Jefferson while serving as President of the United States. This document was addressed to Nathaniel Macon, speaker of the House of Representatives and Jesse Franklin, President of the Senate, pro tempore. The House and the Senate enacted a change in the sessions of the district court for the district of Virginia. Jefferson approved and signed the legislation, dated March 19, 1804.

Dates: 1804 March 19

To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197233289831]
Identifier: Vault MSS 406
Scope and Contents

Handwritten copy of a document issued and signed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison dated 21 Aug. 1801. Jefferson, as president of the United States, grants land in Ohio to soldiers of the Virginia Line.

Dates: 1801