The Secretary XXXVI-143 Dear Sir

May I invite the three char-ge’s des affaires to attend the cere-mony? may they be permitted to bring respectable strangers of their nation with [out or in??] Strike-through text[indecipherable] limitation of num-bers? do ladies go? if they do, must mrs Otts. must be named in the invitation to mr Otts. I will beg the favor of your answer to queries & govern myself accordingly. only be so good as have reserved for them a seat in a respectable position.

                      yours affectionately & respectfully

                             T. H. Jefferson

Thursday even.