1Thomas Jefferson to Davis Durrett, 22 December 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
M r Sam Carr informed me you had a bay horse which you were disposed to part with at the price of £50, and which he thought would match one of mine, and that you would let me have him on trial for 10. days. I therefore send the bearer for him if my information is right. I should be glad to be informed of his age, & his blood by the sire. his dam I understand is of the Seelah blood. as to the...
2Thomas Jefferson to Davis Durrett, 24 December 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I was much obliged to you for letting the horse come for me to see and try him. but on the very first sight I saw that mr Carr had been quite mistaken in his being a match for mine. he is not in the least so, and it was only as a match that I wanted to buy. I therefore return him & should have done so yesterday but that my messenger was otherwise employed. I rode him yesterday with a bit &...