Thomas Jefferson Papers

Receipt from John F. Watson to Thomas Jefferson, 8 March 1816

Receipt from John F. Watson

Germantown

Received March 8. 1816 from Thomas Jefferson Esqre ⅌ mail Thirteen dollars being full pay fr the 4th to 8 vols inclusive of the Eding Reviews forwarded to him, and exceeding my debt 50cts—which I am to have allowed to him out of any subsequent Vols which he may receive from me or from E Earle

John F Watson

MS (DLC); in Watson’s hand; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esqre Monticello Va,” with “⅌ mail” added in an unidentified hand; franked; postmarked Philadelphia, 9 Mar.; endorsed by TJ: “Watson John F.”

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