James P. Cocke to Thomas Jefferson, 29 April 1812

From James P. Cocke

Apl 29th 1812

Dear Sir,

I am conserned that every effort to procure fish for you have been inaffecttual, two has been caught but so managed that they are dead, so soon as I can command them I will advise you & then will endevour to mannage the thing better in the mean time am

Dr Sr yr friend & Hble sert

J P Cocke

RC (DLC); at foot of text: “Thos Jefferson Esr”; endorsed by TJ as received 29 Apr. 1812 and so recorded in SJL.

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: James P. Cocke to Thomas Jefferson, 29 April 1812
Author: Cocke, James Powell
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 29 April 1812

Reference

Cite as: “James P. Cocke to Thomas Jefferson, 29 April 1812,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-04-02-0561. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 4, 18 June 1811 to 30 April 1812, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007, p. 684.]

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