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.
Index Entries
- Beaven (Beavin; Bivans), Baker; visits Monticello search
- building materials; slate search
- Central College; builders for search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Correspondence; letters of introduction to search
- Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); Visitors to; Beaven, Baker search
- Peyton, Bernard; introduces B. Beaven search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters from search
- slate search