Thomas Jefferson to Ezra Sargeant, 29 March 1812
To Ezra Sargeant
Monticello Mar. 29. 12
Sir
Your letter of the 21st came to hand on the 25th but the 71. copies mentioned as forwarded by the same mail did not come with it, nor by a mail since arrived. I presume they are suffering some temporary delay at some post office and that I shall soon recieve them. in the mean time I hope you have forwarded those for mr Otis & mr Magruder to Washington by the stage under the care of some passenger, this being the only conveyance that combines speed with safety. I have, by the mail of this day, desired messrs Gibson and Jefferson, my correspondents at Richmond, to remit to you one hundred and thirty Dollars, which you may expect to recieve as soon as they can procure a draught or bank-bills negociable at New York. Accept the assurance of my respect
Th: Jefferson
PoC (MHi); at foot of text: “Mr Ezra Sarjeant”; endorsed by TJ.
Index Entries
- Congress, U.S.; TJ’s batture pamphlet sent to search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); and writings by TJ search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); payments made for TJ search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Writings; The Proceedings of the Government of the United States, in maintaining the Public Right to the Beach of the Missisipi, Adjacent to New-Orleans, against the Intrusion of Edward Livingston search
- Magruder, Patrick; clerk of U.S. House of Representatives search
- Otis, Samuel Allyne; secretary of U.S. Senate search
- Sargeant, Ezra; letters to search
- Sargeant, Ezra; prints batture pamphlet search
- Sargeant, Ezra; TJ pays search
- The Proceedings of the Government of the United States, in maintaining the Public Right to the Beach of the Missisipi, Adjacent to New-Orleans, against the Intrusion of Edward Livingston (Thomas Jefferson); sent to Congress search
- The Proceedings of the Government of the United States, in maintaining the Public Right to the Beach of the Missisipi, Adjacent to New-Orleans, against the Intrusion of Edward Livingston (Thomas Jefferson); sent to TJ search