Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 14 March 1819
To John Barnes
Monticello Mar. 14. 19.
Dear Sir
Your favor of Feb. 26. has been duly recieved. it was not till lately that I recieved mr Wirt’s opinion that General Kosciuzko’s will might be proved in the district court within whic[h] I live, and that the treasury would consider the probat there as sufficiently authentic for them to act. that court is to be the 1st Monday (the 5th) of May. I shall get the administration with the wi[ll] annexed committed to my friend & neighbor Genl Cocke, the most attentive, & correct man in the world, and he and I will then conside[r] the items of charge which are the subject of your letter, and you may rely that what we shall think just will be done. the claim to the whole inheritance forwarded to me by mr Zeltner of Soleure, the friend in whose house the General lived and died, will not affect either your claim or that of General Armstrong. after the will is proved you shall hear from me. ever & affectionately yours
Th: Jefferson
PoC (MHi); on verso of reused address cover of John G. Jackson to TJ, 4 Dec. 1818; edge trimmed; at foot of text: “Mr Barnes”; endorsed by TJ.
Index Entries
- Albemarle County Circuit Court, Va. search
- Armstrong, John; and T. Kosciuszko’s estate search
- Barnes, John; account with T. Kosciuszko search
- Barnes, John; and T. Kosciuszko’s estate search
- Barnes, John; letters to search
- Cocke, John Hartwell (1780–1866); and T. Kosciuszko’s estate search
- Cocke, John Hartwell (1780–1866); TJ on search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business and Financial Affairs; and T. Kosciuszko’s estate search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Opinions on; J. H. Cocke search
- Kosciuszko, Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Andrzej Bonawentura; account with J. Barnes search
- Kosciuszko, Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Andrzej Bonawentura; death of search
- Kosciuszko, Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Andrzej Bonawentura; estate of search
- Kosciuszko, Tadeusz (Thaddeus) Andrzej Bonawentura; wills of search
- Treasury Department, U.S.; and T. Kosciuszko’s estate search
- Wirt, William; and T. Kosciuszko’s estate search
- Zeltner, Franz Xaver; and T. Kosciuszko’s death search
- Zeltner, Peter Josef; and T. Kosciuszko’s estate search