Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from José Ignacio de Viar, 7 October 1790

From José Ignacio de Viar

New York Octr. 7. 1790

Dear Sir

I have the pleasure to send to you herein enclosed a letter which I have Received from the Governor of St. Augustine for you.

I suppose that the News it contains shall be very agreeable not only for you, but for all the people of this Country, according to what the Governor Mentions in his Letter to me, so I wish, you may so accord as to cause to be published it in the News papers and accuse to me the Receipt of it; Mean time I Remain with great Regard & esteem Your most humble & obt. servt.,

Joseph Ignats. Viar

RC (DNA: RG 59, NL); endorsed by TJ as received 25 Oct. 1790 and so recorded in SJL. The spelling that Viar gave to Monticello in the caption to his letter is interesting but perhaps not significant phonetically: “Honble. Thomas Jefferson Esrqe. at his Seat of Monteselo.” Enclosure: Quesada to TJ, 18 Aug. 1790.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from José Ignacio de Viar, 7 October 1790
    Author
    Viar, José (Joseph) Ignacio de
    Recipient
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    7 October 1790

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from José Ignacio de Viar, 7 October 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-17-02-0201. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 17, 6 July–3 November 1790, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1965, p. 572.]

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