191Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 21 December 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you, dear Sir, for your settlement with Gales and Seaton for me, and I now inclose you 7. Dollars reimbursement in Richmond bills, which I hope may be readily disposed of with you. I find myself quite restored in health and strength and feel much indebted to my friends for the their solicitudes and enquiries on the occasion. to yourself I tender assurances of my constant friendship &...
192Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 14 June 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
A young negro man, named Thruston , brother to Edy , who while I was in Washington , was in the kitchen under the instruction of M r Julien , has escaped from my grandson to whom I had given him . he is supposed to have gone to Washington and to be there lurking under the connivance of some of his sister’s old friends. the bearer, mr Wheat , my grandson