Thomas Jefferson Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to George Rogers Clark, 20 January 1781

To George Rogers Clark

Richmond Jan. 20. 1781.

Sir

I think every paper is now ready for you. They shall be delivered to you tomorrow morning if you will be so good as to call on me. I expect Colo. Gibson here tomorrow. Would you think it worth your while to stay a day to see him? I am with great esteem Sir your most obedt. servt.,

Th: Jefferson

RC (WHi); addressed and endorsed.

Among the papers ready for delivery to Clark was a duplicate, dated 19 Jan., of TJ’s letter to Clark of 25 Dec. 1780, q.v.; see also TJ to George Rogers Clark, 22 Jan., with enclosure, below.

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    From Thomas Jefferson to George Rogers Clark, 20 January 1781
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Clark, George Rogers
    Date
    20 January 1781

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to George Rogers Clark, 20 January 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-04-02-0513. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 4, 1 October 1780 – 24 February 1781, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951, p. 414.]

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