To Thomas Jefferson from John P. Ingle, 4 March 1805
From John P. Ingle
Washington March 4th. 1805
Dr Sir,
I beg the liberty to informe you of my haveing again commenced the Cabinet Business on the Capitol Hill and will thankfully receive and punctually attend to any of your Commands which you may have confidence to commit to my Charge—
Your Verry Humble Servant
for Henry Ingle
John P Ingle
RC (MHi); at foot of text: “Mr. Thomas Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ as received 6 Mch. and so recorded in SJL.
John Pechin Ingle (1791-1863) was the son of Mary Pechin and Washington cabinetmaker Henry Ingle. Like his father, he became a hardware merchant and a register of Washington Parish vestry (Anne Castrodale Golovin, “Cabinetmakers and Chairmakers of Washington, D.C., 1791-1840,” Antiques, 107 [1975], 916; , 26 [1924], 197; 33-34 [1932], 210; Daily National Intelligencer, 8 Apr. 1814; Washington Daily Globe, 4 Oct. 1814; Vol. 33:377; Henry Ingle to TJ, 6 Oct. 1807).