Thomas Jefferson to Hugh Chisholm, 10 May 1814
To Hugh Chisholm
Monticello May 10. 14.
Dear Sir
I have been detained by the carriage maker at Charlottesville far beyond my expectation. the carriage however comes home to day and will take about a week to paint dry and finish here. this now depending on ourselves alone, I may count with certainty, and shall not suffer an hour to be lost, nor wait one hour after it is done. I suppose I shall be with you certainly by the 20th. I have thought it best to drop you this line, that you may not be on uncertainty. accept my best wishes.
Th: Jefferson
RC (MHi); addressed: “Mr Hugh Chisolm at Poplar Forest near Lynchburg”; franked; postmarked Charlottesville, 11 May; endorsed by TJ. PoC (MHi); endorsed by TJ.
On 21 May TJ gave carriage maker Elijah Rosson an order on Gibson & Jefferson for $30.50, “the balance after deducting 72.D. for 1201.f. of ash delivered him,” for work on a landau. Although TJ intended to be at Poplar Forest by the 20th, he did not arrive until 24 May 1814 (, 2:1300).