Thomas Voigt to Thomas Jefferson, 1 July 1813
From Thomas Voigt
Philad July 1st 1813
Dear Sir
I Recd your favour of the 20th on the 27th and would have answered it sooner but I thought it best to delay it untill Such times as I Should hear of a Watch to answer the disscription which you mentioned in your Letter, In Concequence of the War, watches have taken a Verry Considerable Rise; and I find that I Can get no Good ones of that disscription, such as I Could Recommend, for less than a $100—or a 110 Dollars,—
Should I be so fortunate as to hear of a young man of good Caracter in my Line of Buisiness that would wish to Settle himself in your part of the Cuntry, I will Imediately Let you Know—
I do acknowledge to have Received on the 26th of May, from Messrs Gibson & Jefferson a Draft on the Bank of Pennsylvania for $115:50—which is in full for the Clock & Case
Thos Voigt
RC (MHi); dateline at foot of text; at head of text: “Thos Jefferson; Esqr”; endorsed by TJ without date of receipt. Recorded in SJL as received 8 July 1813.
Index Entries
- Bank of Pennsylvania; drafts on search
- Charlottesville, Va.; watchmaker needed in search
- clocks; TJ’s astronomical case clock search
- clocks; watches for TJ’s grandchildren search
- Coolidge, Ellen Wayles Randolph (TJ’s granddaughter); gold watch for search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); payments made for TJ search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Family & Friends; relations with grandchildren search
- Voigt, Thomas; and TJ’s astronomical case clock search
- Voigt, Thomas; and watch for E. W. Randolph (Coolidge) search
- Voigt, Thomas; and watchmaker for Charlottesville search
- Voigt, Thomas; letters from search