Samuel McAffee to Thomas Jefferson, 14 April 1820
From Samuel McAffee
April 14th 1820—
Sir;
In compliance with your request I have forwarded (enclosed) Pr Mr Bacon, my bill for medical attendance on You1 when Sick—I am,
S McAffee—
RC (MHi); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr Monticello”; endorsed by TJ: “McAffee Dr S.”
Samuel McAffee (d. 1847), physician, was a native of County Antrim in northern Ireland. He practiced medicine in Charlottesville beginning in 1819 and remained in the area until at least 1821, after which he relocated to North Carolina, where he continued his practice in Rowan County (Lewis Shore Brumfield, The Brandon, Hudspeth, Reavis and Steelman Book [1991], 16; DNA: RG 29, CS, Albemarle Co., 1820; Albemarle Co. Order Book [1820–21], 467, 471; Mary Rawlings and W. Edwin Hemphill, eds., “Dr. Charles Brown’s Reminiscences of Early Albemarle,” 8 [1947/48]: 60, 66; Salisbury, N.C., Western Carolinian, 23 Dec. 1823, 9 Mar. 1824, 8 Aug. 1835).
1. Manuscript: “Y.”
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- Bacon, Edmund; Monticello overseer search
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