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From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 5 December 1804

To George Jefferson

Washington Dec. 5. 04.

Sir

I inclose you two hundred & forty dollars to cover a draught which I have this day made on you for 233. D 33 c in favor of Wm. Brown & co. on the order of Gabriel Lilly, which order be pleased to take in.

In Sep. a box containing 2 large sheets of glass, 4 f. 6 I. diameter was shipped for me at Boston to your address; and in October 80. bundles of nail rod went from Philadelphia from Jones & Howell. during the last month some Mahogany was shipped by mr Trump of Phila to your address, all to be forwarded to Monticello. a pipe of wine just arrived at Philadelphia will also be immediately ordered round to Richmond & 80. bundles more of nail rod. I will thank you from time to time for information of their arrival & departure. I expected before this that a box of books would have been sent you from Monticello to be forwarded to me here. Accept my affectionate salutations.

Th: Jefferson

PoC (MHi); at foot of text: “Mr. Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ. Notation in SJL: “240. D. for W. Brown & co.”

According to TJ’s financial records, the payment on behalf of Gabriel Lilly was “for his wages &c.” (MB description begins James A. Bear, Jr., and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767-1826, Princeton, 1997, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series description ends , 2:1141).

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    From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 5 December 1804
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Jefferson, George
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    5 December 1804

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 5 December 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-45-02-0131. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 45, 11 November 1804 to 8 March 1805, ed. James P. McClure et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021, pp. 130–131.]

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