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From Thomas Jefferson to Nicholas Fitzhugh, 30 March 1804

To Nicholas Fitzhugh

Washington Mar. 30. 1804. Friday

Dear Sir

Your favor of the 27th. came to hand last night. I could by no means consent to your taking the trouble of riding with me. the paper you were so kind as to send me will enable me to find my way through Ravensworth, and I have no fear of doing the same from Songster’s. I am trying hard to get off tomorrow evening, but doubt whether it will not be Sunday morning or perhaps Sunday evening, but whenever I set off it will be either in the morning early, or in the afternoon, & will accept mr. Richard Fitzhugh’s friendly offer of a breakfast or a bed, as the case may be.

Duffey’s pardon was signed yesterday, so far as related to the case stated to me by the judges. they seemed to think there was a second indictment against him for recieving stolen goods. the pardon does not touch that. accept my salutations and respects

Th: Jefferson

PoC (DLC); at foot of text: “The honble N. Fitzhugh”; endorsed by TJ.

sunday: TJ departed from Washington on 1 Apr., arriving at Monticello on the 4th. In his financial memoranda, he recorded paying a dollar in “vales,” or tips paid on his departure, at richard fitzhugh’s on 2 Apr. and total expenses for the trip of $20.86. He stayed at Monticello until 11 May (MB description begins James A. Bear, Jr., and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767-1826, Princeton, 1997, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series description ends , 2:1123-4, 1126).

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