Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Jefferson, 18 October 1811
From Joseph Dougherty
Washington City Octr 18th–11
Dear Sir
I observe in a late paper that Mr G: W: Campbell is elected to the Senate of the U:S: in the place of Mr Whiteside resigned, as he is an active man, and a warm friend to the republican cause, I expect he will be here at the commencement of the session, I believe him to be your friend: however that is best known to your Self
To say any thing of the trouble you have already taken would be useless; you know my disposition well. and all that I have to say is that you have only fulfild my expectation and should the lot fall on me, I will exert myself to cherish that recommendation which you were so kind as to give me.
I hope Mr & Mrs Randolph & the family is well:
our city is verry sickly at present, and many sudden deaths has been leatly. Thank God myself and family is healthy
Jos Dougherty
RC (DLC); at foot of text: “Mr Th. Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ as received 24 Oct. 1811 and so recorded in SJL.
Washington was sickly with a bilious fever that Dolley Madison blamed on standing water from an unfinished canal (, 150–1).
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- Campbell, George Washington; elected to U.S. Senate search
- Dougherty, Joseph; letters from search
- Dougherty, Joseph; seeks Senate doorkeeper appointment search
- health; fever search
- Madison, Dolley Payne Todd (James Madison’s wife); and fever in Washington search
- Randolph, Martha Jefferson (Patsy; TJ’s daughter; Thomas Mann Randolph’s wife); greetings to search
- Randolph, Thomas Mann (1768–1828) (TJ’s son-in-law; Martha Jefferson Randolph’s husband); greetings to search
- Washington (D.C.); fever in search
- Whiteside, Jenkin; resigns from U.S. senate search