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From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 19 June 1796

To John Barnes

Monticello June 19. 96.

Dear Sir

I wrote you May 22. advising you of a draught for 100.D. payable to Saml. Howell junr. & Co. The present serves to cover a power of attorney to recieve about 300.D. July 1. from the bank of the US. and to advise you that I have this day drawn on you for 300.D. payable to Samuel Howell & Co. July 2. which be pleased to honor on account of Dear Sir Your most obedt. servt

Th: Jefferson

PrC (MHi); at foot of text: “Mr. John Barnes”; endorsed by TJ in ink on verso. Enclosure not found, but see below.

The power of attorney authorized Barnes to draw interest due to William Short on 1 July 1796; the draft for Howell was in payment for iron (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 , ii, 942).

Letters from Barnes to TJ of 14 June 1796, from Howell to TJ of 15 June, both received on 2 July, and from TJ to Howell of 19 June are recorded in SJL but have not been found.

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    From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 19 June 1796
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Barnes, John
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    19 June 1796

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes, 19 June 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-29-02-0089. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 29, 1 March 1796 – 31 December 1797, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002, p. 125.]

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