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Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Sawing Instructions for James Martin, [ca. 10 November 1818]

Enclosure

Sawing Instructions for James Martin

[ca. 10 Nov. 1818]

Bill for Capt Martin

  10. joists  8. by 10.I.  24.f. long clear of bad knots1 windshakes & cracks. heart of poplar.
10. do 4  by 10.I.  24.f. long. heart of poplar clear of bad knots.
5. pieces 6.I. square 16.f. long. heart of poplar.

500.f. sheeting plank. poplar.

PoC (MHi); in TJ’s hand; undated; on verso of covering letter, subjoined to first enclosure.

1. Preceding two words interlined, with carets preceding and following “of.”

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Title
Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Sawing Instructions for James Martin, [ca. 10 November 1818]
Author
Jefferson, Thomas
Recipients
Yancey, Joel
Martin, James
Date
10 November 1818

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“Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s Sawing Instructions for James Martin, [ca. 10 November 1818],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-13-02-0347-0003. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 13, 22 April 1818 to 31 January 1819, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016, p. 387.]