Chapman Johnson to Thomas Jefferson, [5 August 1818?]

From Chapman Johnson

Wednesday morning [5 Aug. 1818?]

C. Johnson presents his respects to Mr Jefferson, and asks the favor of him to drink tea with him this evening.

RC (DLC: TJ Papers, 213:38059); with Dft of TJ to Thomas Cooper, 7 Aug. 1818, on verso; partially dated; addressed: “Mr Jefferson. Present.”

This note was probably written during TJ’s brief stay at Staunton on his way to Warm Springs (MB description begins James A. Bear Jr. and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767–1826, 1997, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series description ends , 2:1346).

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Chapman Johnson to Thomas Jefferson, [5 August 1818?]
Author: Johnson, Chapman
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 5 August 1818

Reference

Cite as: “Chapman Johnson to Thomas Jefferson, [5 August 1818?],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-13-02-0201. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 13, 22 April 1818 to 31 January 1819, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016, p. 228.]

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