Thomas Jefferson Randolph to Thomas Jefferson, 4 June 1810
From Thomas Jefferson Randolph
Richmond June 4 1810
Dear Grandfather
I recieved your letter of the 14, not untill the 28 when I immediately bought the oil, but there has not been a boat from Milton since, by which I could send it; by the bottle it cost a Dollar; by the dozen 10 Dollars. There is to be a short vacation in the school on the first of July; & If I continue here the fall Months I would wish to go home then, if not I should prefer staying here untill the 15 of August when my quarter will expire & then return home; that however will depend entirely on your wish & papas; will you write me soon after you recieve this, (because your letters seldom reach me under ten days) whether remain here or not.
Thos J Randolph
NB I have been confined three weeks from a cut of the Tendo Achilles, I shall be able to walk however in two or three days at farthest.
RC (ViU: TJP-ER); endorsed by TJ as received 6 June 1810 and so recorded in SJL.
Letters from TJ to Randolph of 30 May, 22 June, and 13 July 1810, not found, are recorded in SJL, as is a missing letter from Randolph of 20 July 1810, received from Richmond on 24 July 1810.
Index Entries
- achilles tendon; cut search
- boats; transfer goods to and from Richmond search
- food; salad oil search
- Girardin, Louis Hue; Richmond academy search
- health; achilles tendon cut search
- Milton, Va.; boats traveling to and from search
- oil; salad search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); and salad oil search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); health of search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); letters from search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); letters from accounted for search
- Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); letters to accounted for search
- Randolph, Thomas Mann (1768–1828) (TJ’s son-in-law; Martha Jefferson Randolph’s husband); and T. J. Randolph search
- Richmond, Va.; boats transfer goods to and from search
- Richmond, Va.; L. H. Girardin’s academy at search
- salad oil search
- schools and colleges; L. H. Girardin’s academy (Richmond) search