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Letter, Aaron Burr to Thomas Jefferson, 1798 August 21
Item — Box 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 2021-SC-004-003
Scope and Contents
Aaron Burr writes to the President of the Senate, Thomas Jefferson, when the United States was almost at war with France in 1798, offering to provide information about New York City's defense plan to the state legislature. He writes, "As one of the Committee appointed by the inhabitants of the City of New York to direct the temporary defence of the said city I have been instructed to give to either House of the Legislature such information as may be in my power relative to that object....
Dates:
1798 August 21
