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From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 18 August 1804

To John Barnes

Monticello Aug. 18. 1804

Dear Sir

I owe Martin Wanscher 35. D. of which he now asks 15. or 20. will you be so good as to make him such a remittance? he lives at the corner of Prince’s & Fairfax streets Alexandria. Accept affectionate salutations.

Th: Jefferson

PoC (DLC); at foot of text: “Mr. Barnes”; endorsed by TJ.

owe: for plastering done at Monticello beginning 8 May. Wanscher most likely requested partial payment in a letter of 13 Aug. that has not been found. The account was settled in full on 6 Oct. (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 , 2:1126, 1137; Appendix IV).

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    From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 18 August 1804
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    18 August 1804

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 18 August 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-44-02-0237. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 44, 1 July to 10 November 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019, p. 245.]

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