Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Rufus King, United States Minister in London, 1802 Jul. 13.

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Autograph letter signed : Washington, to Rufus King, United States Minister in London, 1802 Jul. 13.

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Instructing him to negotiate with the Sierra Leone Company for settlement in Africa of Negro slaves who are to be deported from the United States; Jefferson expressed his confidence in King as Minister and asks him to do everything to further cordial relations between the United States and Britain.

1 item (3 p.) ; (8vo)

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7181313

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