Gideon Gooch to Thomas Jefferson, 29 October 1810
From Gideon Gooch
Octr 29th 1810
Sir
I have two Barbary Rams at Mr Madisons farm Blackmeadow which I Brot on from washington last week one for you the other for Colon1 Coles also five or six quarts of Berrys. I have for Gotten the name of them—they are remarkable for hedging—and the tree is said to grow as large as pear trees yrs &c
G Gooch
RC (MHi); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “Mister Thos Jefferson”; franked; postmarked Orange Court House, 31 Oct.; endorsed by TJ as a letter of 27 Oct. 1810 received 31 Oct. 1810 and so recorded in SJL.
1. Abbreviation for “Colonel.”
Index Entries
- Barbary sheep search
- berries search
- Blackmeadow (farm at Montpellier) search
- Coles, Isaac A.; and merino sheep search
- food; berries search
- Gooch, Gideon; and merino sheep search
- Gooch, Gideon; letters from search
- Madison, James; and merino sheep search
- Montpellier (Montpelier; J. Madison’s Orange Co. estate); Blackmeadow farm search
- pears search
- sheep; Barbary search
- trees; pear search