From Thomas Jefferson to John Mackall Gantt, 20 April 1805
To John Mackall Gantt
Washington Apr. 20. 05.
Th: Jefferson presents his respects to Judge Gantt, and on behalf of James Oldham a former client of mr. Gantt and now in the employ of Th:J. takes the liberty of asking whether he can give any information on the subject of Oldham’s claim against Jackson’s estate, or to whom Th:J. can address himself to obtain information which will be thankfully recieved
PoC (DLC); endorsed by TJ.
John Mackall Gantt (1762-1811) was a trustee and bankruptcy commissioner for the District of Columbia before receiving an appointment to the Maryland judiciary in 1803 (Edward C. Papenfuse, Alan F. Day, David W. Jordan, and Gregory A. Stiverson, eds., A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature, 1635-1789, 2 vols. [Baltimore, 1979-85], 1:344; Vol. 34:647; Vol. 39:497-8).