David Gelston to Thomas Jefferson, 14 February 1820

From David Gelston

New York February 14th 1820—

Dear Sir,

I am favored with your letter of the 4th instant with $25 enclosed—

I hope you enjoy good health—

It may at least be amusing for a few minutes, to see the number of arrivals in this port, this day, as stated in the enclosed,—

with great affection and respect, I am. Dear Sir, your obedient servant

David Gelston

RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 27 Feb. 1820 and so recorded in SJL. RC (DLC); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to Patrick Gibson, 9 Apr. 1820, on verso; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esquire Monticello”; franked; postmarked New York, 14 Feb.

The New-York Columbian, 14 Feb. 1820, lists twenty-three ships that arrived this day in the port of New York.

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: David Gelston to Thomas Jefferson, 14 February 1820
Author: Gelston, David
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 14 February 1820

Reference

Cite as: “David Gelston to Thomas Jefferson, 14 February 1820,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-15-02-0363. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 15, 1 September 1819 to 31 May 1820, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018, p. 394.]

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