Edmund Bacon to Thomas Jefferson, 11 September 1822 (1st letter)
From Edmund Bacon
11th Sepr 1822
Deare sir.
In my arrangements of my moove I have considerd to make you a propersition respecting the money due to John Bacon. I have a waggon and several horses to buy and altho I should be Obliged to pay a much higher price than if I had cash to perchase with yet for your accomodation I expect I can procure those articles by giveing orders on you payable in as short a time as can be possoble for you to appoint. the sooner you can pay the cheaper I can purchase. I had it in contemplation before I recieved your note yesterday to ask you to let Joe Iron a waggon for me which would be worth $40 which he & his striker could do in 10 days and that you could also furnish the Iron on terms of 12 months credit. this would enable you to pay 80 or 100$ of the above bond. I dont wish to be trouble some to you in the least. I only propose such things as I consider to your interest and confess it is more sootable to get so much of my arrangements done at home as I can than to go else whare. I am to see a man to day about a waggon & team and would tharefore be very thankfull if you could say the earliest hour you could enable me to draw on you on acct John Bacons bond on you. I am really disposed to do nothing against your wish & interest. but if I leave any of my affairs unsettleed here it may cost me more trouble than my situation will admit. all my relations even my old mother is going with me.
E Bacon
RC (MHi); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “Mr Jefferson”; with canceled notation by Bacon on address leaf: “Mr Randolph.”
No note from TJ to Bacon around this time is recorded in SJL and none has been found.
Index Entries
- Bacon, Edmund; and horses and mules search
- Bacon, Edmund; and wagons search
- Bacon, Edmund; family of search
- Bacon, Edmund; letters from search
- Bacon, Edmund; letters to accounted for search
- Bacon, Edmund; plans to move west search
- Bacon, Edmund; TJ’s promissory note to search
- Bacon, John; promissory note assigned to search
- Bacon, Mary Anne Williamson; moves to Ky. search
- Fossett, Joseph (Joe) (TJ’s slave; b.1780); as blacksmith search
- horses; and E. Bacon search
- iron; for wagons search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; promissory notes to E. Bacon search
- slaves; as blacksmiths search
- wagons; mentioned search