Thomas Jefferson Papers

John Jordan to Thomas Jefferson, 26 October 1805

From John Jordan

Charlottesville oct. 26th 1805

Dear Sir,

I have finishd. the building of your house and would thank you to let me know when it will be Conveient for you to Settle with me for it

I am Sir your Hb Sevt

Jno Jordan

RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 29 Oct. and so recorded in SJL.

Brickmason John Jordan (1777-1854) did work at Monticello in 1805. He became prominent in Lexington, Virginia, building and improving roads and canals and constructing Washington College, later Washington and Lee University (Jerry Donovan, “John Jordan, Virginia Builder,” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 9 [1950], 17-19; 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 , 2:1108n).

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    John Jordan to Thomas Jefferson, 26 October 1805
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    Jordan, John
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    26 October 1805

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    “John Jordan to Thomas Jefferson, 26 October 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-47-02-0493. [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. 517.]

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