Charles K. Mallory to Thomas Jefferson, 26 October 1819

From Charles K. Mallory

Norfolk Octor 26th 1819

Dear Sir

I have been favoured with your letter of the 17th respecting a box of wine & some seeds sent to my care, for you, by the Collector of Alexandria & have the pleasure to inform you that I had previously received & forwarded them to Richmond consigned to Mr Patrick Gibson.1 The duties I presume were paid in Alexandria & no expenses on those articles have been incurred here. I beg you to be assured that no apology is or ever will be necessary for any service I have had or can have the honor of rendering you. I reciprocate your expressions of respect & esteem &

have the honor to be very respectfully your obt servt

Chas K. Mallory

RC (MHi); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr Monticello”; endorsed by TJ as received 6 Nov. 1819 and so recorded in SJL.

William D. Simms was deputy collector of alexandria.

1. Omitted period at right margin editorially supplied.

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Charles K. Mallory to Thomas Jefferson, 26 October 1819
Author: Mallory, Charles K.
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 26 October 1819

Reference

Cite as: “Charles K. Mallory to Thomas Jefferson, 26 October 1819,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-15-02-0132. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 15, 1 September 1819 to 31 May 1820, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018, p. 157.]

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