Gibson & Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 12 August 1812

From Gibson & Jefferson

Richmond 12th August 1812

Sir

We inclose you as you direct a note for your Signature, to renew with at Bank— we have received a Box for you from New York said to contain a Spinning machine, which we have not yet met with an opportunity of forwarding

your Obt Servts

Gibson & Jefferson

⅌ James Ligon

RC (ViU: TJP-ER); in Ligon’s hand; between dateline and salutation: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr”; endorsed by TJ as received 13 Aug. 1812 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure not found.

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Gibson & Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 12 August 1812
Authors: Gibson & Jefferson
Ligon, James
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 12 August 1812

Reference

Cite as: “Gibson & Jefferson to Thomas Jefferson, 12 August 1812,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-05-02-0258. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 5, 1 May 1812 to 10 March 1813, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008, p. 316.]