Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell, John H. Cocke, and David Watson, 7 October 1817
To Joseph C. Cabell, John H. Cocke, and David Watson
Tuesday morng Oct. 7. 17.
Th: Jefferson to the Visitors
letters recieved last night from mr Cooper render a meeting of the visitors immediately indispensable, or all done yesterday comes to nothing. if you will be so good as to be at Monticello by ten aclock I will endeavor to detain mr Madison till that hour1 & to get Colo Monroe to meet you there as a halfway house. Accept my friendly & respectful salutations.
RC (ViU: TJP); with subjoined note from Cabell and Cocke to Watson, 7 Oct. 1817 (see note to Cabell to TJ, 7 Oct. 1817); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “Mr Cabell, Genl Cocke & mr Watson now at Charlottesville”; endorsed by Cocke. Not recorded in SJL.
1. Preceding three words interlined.
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- Watson, David (1773–1830); letters to search