Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 21 October 1820
To Bernard Peyton
Monticello Oct. 21. 20.
Dear Sir
Having occasion for some books from London, the inclosed letter requests my friend mr Rush our Minister there to engage some bookseller to furnish them. I state to him that you will be so good as to put into my letter a bill of exchange of £40. sterl, and that you will forward 2plics & 3plic. by other conveyances. I leave the letter open for your perusal and request you to put a copy of such a bill into it, then to seal the letter and forward it by some safe vessel. pray use your best attentions that the bill be a good one. affectionate salutations.
Th: Jefferson
PoC (MHi); on verso of reused address cover to TJ; at foot of text: “Capt B. Peyton”; endorsed by TJ. Enclosures: (1) TJ to Richard Rush, 20 Oct. 1820. (2) TJ’s List of Books to be Acquired in London, 21 Oct. 1820.
2plics & 3plic: “duplicates and triplicates.”