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Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 13 February 1822

To James Leitch

Feb. 13. 22.

linen and any other clothing which the bearer Burwell may chus[e]

Th:J.

RC (Mrs. J. Sharshall Grasty, Charlottesville, 1947; photocopy in ViU: TJP); written on a small scrap; dateline beneath signature; edge trimmed; at foot of text: “Mr Lietch.” Not recorded in SJL.

Leitch’s records show that on this day TJ purchased by order “7 yds 4/4 Domestic” at “2/–” per yard, for a total of $2.34 (Leitch Daybook description begins MS daybook of Charlottesville merchant James Leitch, 2 Mar. 1820–8 May 1823, ViCMRL, on deposit ViU, bound volume with ruled paper, in a clerk’s hand description ends , p. 366).

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Jefferson Papers
Title
Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 13 February 1822
Author
Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient
Leitch, James
Date
13 February 1822

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“Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 13 February 1822,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-18-02-0189. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 18, 1 December 1821 to 15 September 1822, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021, p. 225.]

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