From George Rogers (for Bernard Peyton) to Thomas Jefferson, 18 July 1818

From George Rogers (for Bernard Peyton)

Richmond 18 July 1818.

Sir.

By Mr James Johnson you will receive One Box Merchandize, which was Shipped to me from Norfolk by Messrs Moses Myers, & Son. You will please pay Mr Johnson freight as customary—&C.

Yores respc’y

B. Peyton

⅌ geo: Rogers

RC (MHi); addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr Monticello Virginia”; with initialed note by Peyton on address cover: “Pay toll at columbia on the within goods”; endorsed by TJ as a letter from Peyton received 1 Sept. 1818 and so recorded in SJL.

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boats; carriage to and from Richmond search
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Peyton, Bernard; forwards goods for TJ search
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Rogers, George; as clerk for B. Peyton search
Rogers, George; letter from search

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: From George Rogers (for Bernard Peyton) to Thomas Jefferson, 18 July 1818
Authors: Peyton, Bernard
Rogers, George
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 18 July 1818

Reference

Cite as: “From George Rogers (for Bernard Peyton) to Thomas Jefferson, 18 July 1818,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-13-02-0152. [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. 140.]