Note from Thomas Jefferson to Caesar A. Rodney transmitting documents for the trial of Aaron Burr - American History 1493-1945

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC01483
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1807
Title	Note from Thomas Jefferson to Caesar A. Rodney transmitting documents for the trial of Aaron Burr
Date	18 September 1807
Author	Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Recipient	Rodney, C. A. (Caesar Augustus)
Document Type	Correspondence; Legal document
Content Description	Written as President to his Attorney General. Recipient from address leaf. Free franked.
Subjects	Law Judiciary Treason Vice President President Government and Civics
People	Burr, Aaron (1756-1836) Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Place written	Monticello, Virginia
Theme	Law; The Presidency
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide Th:J inclosed [sic] a paper to Mr. Rodney to do in it what may be necessary, which he presumes will be, according to the decisions of the judge, nothing! he proposes to be in Washington Octob. 3. affectionate salutations. Monticello Sep. 18.07 [docket:] Th. Jefferson Caesar A. Rodney, esq. Atty. Genl. US. Wilmington, Del.