1David Higginbotham to Thomas Jefferson, 8 April 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I now enclose you a copy of the morgage, and to m r Short , from which you can be so good as to draw the deed of release from m r Short to me and at same time enclose it to him for him to do the needful and return to you, to be recorded in Court, I am raily sorry to give you so much trouble about this business RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ as received 14 Apr. 1817 and so recorded in SJL . RC ( MHi
2David Higginbotham to Thomas Jefferson, 20 May 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
If you have not yet sold your westham lots and are still disposed to sell them, be pleased to say the number you have and the size and the price you ask for them, I will perhaps purchase them if the price is not two high, I may perhaps be able to turn them into Cash in some way or other to suit us both, be pleased to say what is the loss we shall all sustain this year by the Hessian fly, shall...
3David Higginbotham to Thomas Jefferson, 26 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Their was due to me on the 16th In t for corn sold to m r Bacon on your account as ⅌ his note One Hundred and ninety three Dollars and 34. cents which I should be glad to receive at your earliest conv en ience I am Dear Sir RC ( MHi ); addressed: “ Thomas Jefferson Esq Monticello ”; endorsed by TJ as received 28 June 1819 and so recorded in SJL
4David Higginbotham to Thomas Jefferson, 6 November 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I Shall have to Pay my Overser M r Moon on the 15th In t his Sallery for his last years Servises, if you can with any convenience Pay me by that time the am t of your small note to me for corn as under I shall be very thankfull I am your mo t Obt Note due 20th Mar 1820 $150. 90 In
5David Higginbotham to Thomas Jefferson, 17 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
It has now been some time since I have had any conversation with you on the Subject of your debt to me, and as I am in want of the money, will you be so good as to write me at your earliest convnce, when you think you can count on Paying it with certainty, I no the dificulty of the times, and this has caused me to Put of applying to you sooner, the debt with In t is now little short of...
6To Thomas Jefferson from David Higginbotham, 4 May 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I set out for Richmond next Saturday and the time now having arrived when you said it would be in your power to pay me one half of your debt, it would be very desireable to recieve it, be pleased to let me hear from you by return of the boy. ViU : David Higginbotham Letterbook.
7To Thomas Jefferson from David Higginbotham, 9 July 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly rec d your fav r of the 4th may last and had waited the result of the sale of your Tob o , but I understand on applying to Mr. T. J. Randolph last monday, that the proceeds can not be applyed as I expected from your letter, he says there will be no chance of paying any part of your bond to me sooner than next fall, this will disappoint me very much as I had counted on it before this...
8To Thomas Jefferson from David Higginbotham, 7 September 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I have Just returned from the Springs after an absence of 4 or 5 Weeks, and had concluded, since you was here, that as the last settlement between us has been, standing some time it may be best for all parties to make a new and now, agreeable to the Papers here with the bond you can sign and return to me, and the old one will be sent you as stated in the a/c ViU : David Higginbotham Letterbook.
9To Thomas Jefferson from David Higginbotham, 11 September 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I had rode out when your servant called with your fav r of the 10th, enclosing the note of settle t , I now therefore return you the old one I am ViU : David Higginbotham Letterbook.