Joseph Milligan to Thomas Jefferson, 20 August 1815
From Joseph Milligan
Georgetown August 20th 1815
Dear Sir
Yours of the 11th inst post mark 17th reached me yesterday it covered a draft for ninety two dollars for which please accept my thanks
I wrote you on the 16th enclosing my account amount $264 75 If convenient it is particularly desirable to me to have it Settled as I am settling up all my business to put my stock into better order than I could possibly keep it during the war
The whole of the books ordered shall be got and sent as soon as possible; I trust that you have found Aesop as I feel confident it was included in one of the Boxes, the Smallest Box I think was the last packed it was in the last box that1 was packed that I put it I packed them in the Bindery from the list that I had made of them when I opened them and as I had no other books of that kind binding it was not easy to make a mistake If it had been left out I would have found it Since, therfore I hope on a review of them you will find it
Joseph Milligan
RC (DLC); at foot of text: “Thos Jefferson Esqr monticello milton via [i.e. Virginia]”; endorsed by TJ as received 3 Oct. 1815 and so recorded in SJL.
1. Milligan here interlined but then partially erased the word “it.”
Index Entries
- Aesop’s Fables; copy of bound for TJ search
- books; binding of for TJ search
- books; sent by J. Milligan search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; receives works search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with J. Milligan search
- Milligan, Joseph; account with TJ search
- Milligan, Joseph; binds books for TJ search
- Milligan, Joseph; letters from search
- Milligan, Joseph; sends books to TJ search
- Milligan, Joseph; TJ orders books from search