1Thomas Jefferson to Lewis Brown, 11 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Feb. 25. never got to my hands till last night. the purchase of the horse from you by mr Darnell was on my account, and the debt as much acknoleged as if a bond had been given. I had desired my merchant in Richmond , as soon as he could sell my flour from the Poplar Forest (which got down but lately) to remit a sum of money to mr Goodman , sufficient to pay your’s and other...
2Lewis Brown to Thomas Jefferson, 25 February 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
one of your overseers Mr. Darnald Aplied To me last fall to purchase a horse for you he said he was Impower’d to buy two from sixty to seventy dollars Cash & you would pay the money the first of april next , accordin g ly I sold him one for your use. price sixty five dollars. my reason for wrighting to you is this, being a stranger To me & of Course I am to you. You Can Let me know whether I...