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Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 15 March 1822

To James Leitch

Mar. 15. 22.

1000. Xd nails

Th:J.

RC (WHi); written on a small scrap; dateline beneath signature; at foot of text: “Mr Leitch.” Not recorded in SJL.

A 16 Mar. 1822 entry in Leitch’s records shows that on that day TJ purchased by order “17 ℔s 10d Cutt nails” at “1/” for a total of $2.84 (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. 381).

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Jefferson Papers
Title
Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 15 March 1822
Author
Jefferson, Thomas
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Leitch, James
Date
15 March 1822

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“Thomas Jefferson to James Leitch, 15 March 1822,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-18-02-0242. [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. 280.]

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