1From Thomas Jefferson to Gulian Ludlow, 13 November 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Mess rs N. & J. Vanstaphorst (if I rightly read the initials of their signature) by a lre dated Amstdm Sep.8. inform me that their agency in this country is transferred from Mess rs Leroy & Bayard to yourself, and authorise me to pay to you the balance remaining due them from me . I had assured mess rs Leroy & B. that this balance should be paid in the ensuing months of May and June and I...