Thomas Jefferson to James Oldham, 15 October 1805

To James Oldham

Washington Oct. 15. 05

Sir

Your letter of the 6th. has been duly recieved. I have spoken with Capt Andrews & undertaken to pay him his demand on you three weeks hence, which he says will perfectly answer his purpose. it was £67. 13. 1½ New York currency = 169. D 14 c and not Virginia currency as you had supposed. this paiment will be carried to my credit in your account. Accept my best wishes.

Th: Jefferson

PoC (MHi); at foot of text: “Mr. Oldham”; endorsed by TJ.

pay him: on 14 Nov., TJ recorded in his financial memoranda a payment in favor of George Andrews for $174.18 (MB description begins James A. Bear, Jr., and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767-1826, Princeton, 1997, 2 vols. The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series description ends , 2:1167).

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Title: Thomas Jefferson to James Oldham, 15 October 1805
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient: Oldham, James
Date: 15 October 1805

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Cite as: “Thomas Jefferson to James Oldham, 15 October 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-47-02-0436. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 47, 6 July to 19 November 1805, ed. James P. McClure et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023, p. 462.]

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