Thomas Jefferson Papers

Henry Ingle to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1805

From Henry Ingle

Washington Novr. 1st. 1805—

Sir

Upon enquiery I find that Mr. O P Finley of Alexandria has brass plate & Mortice Locks but neither the quality nor price can be ascertained, as they are detained at the Custom house for want of the Invoice, which is daily expected—

I am sir Your Obedient & Humble Servant

Henry Ingle

per John P Ingle

RC (MHi); addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr. City of Washington”; endorsed by TJ.

O. P. Finley operated a hardware store on Fairfax Street in Alexandria (Miller, Alexandria Artisans description begins T. Michael Miller, comp., Artisans and Merchants of Alexandria, Virginia, 1780–1820, Bowie, Md., 1991–92, 2 vols. description ends , 1:138).

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    Henry Ingle to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1805
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    Ingle, Henry
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    1 November 1805

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    “Henry Ingle to Thomas Jefferson, 1 November 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-47-02-0518. [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. 542.]

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