Thomas Jefferson to William J. Coffee, 6 September 1820

To William J. Coffee

Monticello Sep. 6. 20.

Dear Sir

I recieve your’s of the 1st just as I am setting out for Bedford. I sent a servant instantly to Milton and he brings me the inclosed answer. I have written to Capt Bernard Peyton requesting him to explain either to you or myself, so that enquiry may be made for the box. in great hurry I salute you with friendly esteem and respect.

Th: Jefferson

PoC (MHi); on verso of reused address cover of otherwise unlocated letter from John Laval to TJ, 29 Mar. 1820 (see note to Laval to TJ, 1 Apr. 1820); at foot of text: “Mr Coffee”; endorsed by TJ as a letter to “W. F.” Coffee and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure not found.

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Thomas Jefferson to William J. Coffee, 6 September 1820
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient: Coffee, William John
Date: 6 September 1820

Reference

Cite as: “Thomas Jefferson to William J. Coffee, 6 September 1820,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-16-02-0196. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 16, 1 June 1820 to 28 February 1821, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019, p. 245.]

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