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Paris November 1786
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Abigail Adams Smith to Thomas Jefferson

Docno: AFC07d160

Author: AA2
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 1786-12-02

[dateline] London December 2d 1786

Mrs Smith presents her Compliments to Mr Jefferson and is very sorry to trouble him again upon the Subject of the Corsetts, but not having received them, She fears Mademoisell Sanson has not been so punctual as she promised, if Mr Jefferson will permit Petit to inquire after, and forward them by an early opportunity, Mrs S—— will be much obliged.1
RC MHi: Jefferson Papers; endorsed: “Mrs. Smith.”
{p. 408}
 
1. This letter was enclosed in WSS to Jefferson, 5 Dec. (Jefferson, Papers , 10:578–579). AA2's earlier request for corsets has not been found.
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
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