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Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 18 June 1818 (second letter)

From Bernard Peyton

Richd 18 June 1818

Dear sir

The bearer of this Mr Baker Beaven is the Gentleman who I have employed to examine your Quarry of Slate & who I am persuaded you will find entirely qualified to discharge that duty—I have written you more fully by this day’s mail on this subject to which I now refer you

In haste

Very respectfully sir Your obd Servt

B. Peyton

RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 21 June 1818 and so recorded in SJL.

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Title
Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 18 June 1818 (second letter)
Author
Peyton, Bernard
Recipient
Jefferson, Thomas
Date
18 June 1818

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“Bernard Peyton to Thomas Jefferson, 18 June 1818 (second letter),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-13-02-0097. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 13, 22 April 1818 to 31 January 1819, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016, p. 99.]

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