Burgess Griffin to Thomas Jefferson, 5 September 1812

From Burgess Griffin

Old Gleebe Septr 5th 1812

Dear sir

I recievd yours of the 4th by Billey: I intended to have seeane you to day but shal Defer it untill the day appinted for meeting at mr Clarkestons whare you may expect mee to attend & believe mee your humble servant

Burgess Griffin

RC (ViU: TJP); addressed: “Thos Jefferson Esqir”; endorsed by TJ as received 5 Sept. 1812 and so recorded in SJL.

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Burgess Griffin to Thomas Jefferson, 5 September 1812
Author: Griffin, Burgess
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 5 September 1812

Reference

Cite as: “Burgess Griffin to Thomas Jefferson, 5 September 1812,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-05-02-0285. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 5, 1 May 1812 to 10 March 1813, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008, p. 342.]

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