PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON - DOCUMENT SIGNED 05/30/1801 CO-SIGNED BY: PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON

THOMAS JEFFERSON, CO-SIGNED BY: JAMES MADISON This diplomatic document - signed by President Thomas Jefferson and his Secretary of State James Madison - dates from the United States' early years. It's addressed to the Citizens Directors of the Republic of Batavia, now the Netherlands, to inform them of the resignation of American ambassador William Vans Murray, who had led peace negotiations with France during the Quasi-Wars. A wonderful and historically significant document touching the lives of three important Americans. Document signed "Th. Jefferson" by Jefferson as president of the United States and "James Madison" by Madison as Secretary of State. 1 page, 11x18, 1 sheet folded, front and verso, with docketing on verso: "To the Exeuctive Deictroy/of the Batavian Republic". Washington, DC, May 30, 1801. Titled: "Thomas Jefferson President of the United States of America To the Exceutive Directory of the Batavian Republic". In full: "Citizens Directors The interests of the United States which were committed to the care of William Vans Murray, their Minister Resident near the Bata-vian Republic, admitting of his absence, we have yielded to his request to be permitted to return to America. He will accordingly take his leave of you, and will embrace that occasion to assure you of our friendship and sincere desire to preserve and strengthen the harmony and good understanding so happily subsisting between the Batavian Republic and the United States. We are persuaded he will do this in the manner most expressive of these sentiments, and of the respect and sincerity with which they are offered. We pray God to keep you, Citizens Directors, under his Holy protection." The diplomat mentioned in this document, William Vans Murray, had an important role in the early history of the United States. He was ambassador to the Republic of Batavia, now the Netherlands.... For more information contact HistoryForSale. DOCUMENT 277706