To Thomas Jefferson from Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, 9 December 1824
Custom House Boston Dec. 9. 1824—
Respected Sir,
I received, by the Schooner Franklin, from Dodge & Oxnard, of Marseiles, five cases & one cask of wine, which I have shipped, on board the Schooner Virginia, to the care of Col. B. Peyton in Richmond.
The expenses have been as follows.
Freight from Marseiles | 8.80– |
Wharfage, drayage &c. | 1.61 |
Duties | 20.89 |
Dollars = 31.30 |
Enclosed is a letter from the shippers in France, & the invoice.
I hope my father will be able to make you a visit, while he is in Washington, which he contemplated doing, with much pleasure—previous to his departure?
I am very happy to perceive, from your report to the Legislature of Virginia, that the university, which you have so honorably labored to establish, will soon be in operation;—a glorious monument of the munificence of the state & of your real & distinguished efforts for the progress & diffusion of intelligence—the foundation of our free institutions, & the soul of liberty.
H. A. S. Dearborn
DLC: Papers of Thomas Jefferson.