1Thomas Jefferson to Matthew Wills, 26 April 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
I return you many thanks for the fish you have been so kind as to send me, and still more for the your aid in procuring the carp, and you will further oblige me by presenting my thanks to Cap t Holman & mr Ashlin . I have found too late, on enquiry, that the cask sent was an old and foul one, and I have no doubt that must have been the cause of the death of the fish. the carp, altho’ it cannot...
2Thomas Jefferson to Matthew Wills, 11 March 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Understanding from mr Randolph & others that you are disposed to undertake to carry flour from Richm the Shadwell mills to Richmond at half a dollar a barrel, I send the bearer with this letter to inform you that I have at those mills about 234. barrels of flour, 120. of which are now ready, about 60. will be ready by the return of the boats from the 1 st trip, and the residue not till after...