William B. W. Allone to Thomas Jefferson, March 1809

From William B. W. Allone

Peekskill March 1809

Respected Sir

I know no other Apology for the Liberty I have taken than that of Dire Necessity and As I know you to be a man of few words I will proceed briefly to state my case to you

I have been engaged all this Winter in writing a political pamphlet entitled Thoughts, on the Administration, of our late President, Thomas Jefferson. (Which I hope will meet with due encouragement from all true Republicans) but being in want of Money I cannot Publish it. I have therefore taken the Liberty (of writing You)1 to beg the Loan of 25 Dollars (NY currency) which I have been informed will set it agoing. And if Possible I will pay you with the first Money I receive for the Pamphlet, and if not (as I know you are worth a great deal) you will not lose2 it I assure you

If you should be so good as to send me any Direct to William B W Allone Peekskill State of New York

William B W Allone

RC (DLC); partially dated; at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esquire”; endorsed by TJ as a “begging” letter from “Albone Wm” received 14 Apr. 1809 and so recorded in SJL.

1. Closing parenthesis editorially supplied.

2. Word interlined in place of “miss.”

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: William B. W. Allone to Thomas Jefferson, March 1809
Author: Allone, William B. W.
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 1–31 March 1809

Reference

Cite as: “William B. W. Allone to Thomas Jefferson, March 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-01-02-0091. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 1, 4 March 1809 to 15 November 1809, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004, pp. 101–102.]

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