Thomas Jefferson to Craven Peyton, 23 May 1817

To Craven Peyton

Monticello May 23. 17.

Th: Jefferson asks the favor of mr Peyton to come and take a pea-dinner with him the day after tomorrow (Sunday)

RC (Mrs. Charles W. Biggs, Lewisburg, W.Va., 1950; photocopy in MsSM); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “Mr Peyton Monteagle.” Not recorded in SJL.

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Thomas Jefferson to Craven Peyton, 23 May 1817
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient: Peyton, Craven
Date: 23 May 1817

Reference

Cite as: “Thomas Jefferson to Craven Peyton, 23 May 1817,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-11-02-0315. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 11, 19 January to 31 August 1817, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014, p. 379.]

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