Thomas Jefferson to Patrick Gibson, 9 November 1813
To Patrick Gibson
Monticello Nov. 9. [13].
Dear Sir
I must ask the favor of you to send me by return of post an hundred dollars in bills of from 5. to 20.D. on reciept of this I shall immediately set out for Bedford to hasten down my flour from thence. our river here1 will not yet float an empty boat, nor I expect permit a loaded boat till the middle of December. soon after that period I am in hopes the winter gales will force the enemy from their stations in the bay, to cruise off the coast which will of course enable our produce to go out at the risk of some only being taken by the cruisers. accept assurances of friendly esteem and respect.
Th: Jefferson
PoC (Christie’s, New York City, auction 19987, lot 20, 22 Apr. 2021); dateline faint; at foot of text: “Mr Gibson;” endorsed by TJ as a letter to Gibson & Jefferson. Recorded in SJL as a letter of 9 Nov. 1813 to Gibson & Jefferson. This document, located after the pertinent chronological volume was published, will appear in the concluding supplement to the print edition.
1. Word interlined.
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