William J. Coffee to Thomas Jefferson, 26 September 1818

From William J. Coffee

Sept 26th 1818 Greenwich St New-York

Most Honorable And Respected Sir

I Am Sorry to Intrude on y retirement tharfor I hope you kindness to me will Excuse my present Application for you Asistanes Acording to your former promies that of Sending of Imeaditly those boxes Containg my Laboures I fear much they will be Spoilt and tharfor let me prevail on you Indulgence I hav wrote so mainy time to mr Randolph and not having recevd the favor of Any kind of Answer am Apprehensiv he is not well

with Evey respect & duty to you & you Family I remain Dear Sir Sincerly you

W. J. Coffee

RC (DLC); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “To Thos Jefferson Esqr Monteselo State of Virgina”; franked; postmarked New York, 26 Sept.; endorsement by TJ mutilated. Recorded in SJL as received 5 Oct. 1818.

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: William J. Coffee to Thomas Jefferson, 26 September 1818
Author: Coffee, William John
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 26 September 1818

Reference

Cite as: “William J. Coffee to Thomas Jefferson, 26 September 1818,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-13-02-0256. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 13, 22 April 1818 to 31 January 1819, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016, p. 290.]

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