Thomas Jefferson to Alexander Garrett, 24 January 1820
To Alexander Garrett
Jan. 24. 20.
Th: Jefferson asks the favor of mr Garrett, when he shall have recieved the money for the University on his last draught, to procure a remittance of 400.D. of it to mr John Vaughan of Philadelphia, subject to my direction on behalf of the University.
RC (ViU: TJP-PP); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “Alexander Garrett esq. Charlottesville”; with receipt from TJ to Garrett on verso, dated 13 Feb. 1820, acknowledging that he had been given a 7 Feb. 1820 draft for $400 of William Dandridge, cashier of the Bank of Virginia, on the cashier of the Farmers and Mechanics’ Bank of Philadelphia, to be remitted to Thomas Appleton via John Vaughan on the account of Michele and Giacomo Raggi (MS in ViU: TJP-PP; in TJ’s and Garrett’s hands, signed by TJ; docketed by Garrett: “Jefferson Thomas $400 13th Feby 1820,” with an additional note in an unidentified hand that the sum was “For M & G Raggi”). Not recorded in SJL.
Index Entries
- Appleton, Thomas; and stonecutters for Central College–University of Virginia search
- Dandridge, William (ca.1782–1830); as cashier of Bank of Virginia search
- Farmers’ & Mechanics’ Bank (Philadelphia) search
- Garrett, Alexander; as University of Virginia bursar search
- Garrett, Alexander; letters to search
- Philadelphia; banks search
- Raggi, Giacomo; as stonecutter for University of Virginia search
- Raggi, Michele; as stonecutter for University of Virginia search
- Vaughan, John; handles financial transactions search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; wages for workmen search