Thomas Jefferson to Philip Grymes, 3 March 1810
To Philip Grymes
Monticello Mar. 3. 1810.
Dear Sir
The bearer hereof, mr Carr, is the son of mr John Carr, a neighbor of mine, resident in Charlottesville, clerk of our District court and nephew to the mr Carrs of this neighborhood whom you probably know. the bearer his son having studied law partly under the direction of mr Dabney Carr, & being now ready to enter on business, proposes to try his fortune at N. Orleans. I know little of him personally, but learn in the neighborhood that he is a young man of worth & correct conduct. this consideration, as well as that of his connections highly esteemed by me, will I hope apologize for my asking for him your kind notice & those good offices which may befriend his entrance into business, and which are so desirable for a beginner & a stranger. the obligation will be duly acknoleged by Dr Sir
Th: Jefferson
PoC (MHi); at foot of text: “Mr Grymes”; endorsed by TJ.
Philip Grymes (ca. 1777–1818), attorney, was an alumnus of the College of William and Mary who moved from Madison County to New Orleans early in 1808. TJ appointed him United States attorney for Orleans Territory that February and register of the land office for the eastern district of the territory a year later. Grymes resigned the former post on 18 Mar. 1810, apparently stayed on as register until the appointment of Columbus Lawson in January 1813, and returned to Virginia before his death (Virginia Herald, 25 July 1818).
, 20; Grymes to TJ, 15 Jan. 1808 [DNA: RG 59, LAR, 1801–09]; , 9:772, 828 , 877, 921–2; , 2:69, 78, 110, 111, 318 [19 Feb., 17 Mar. 1808, 17, 18 Feb. 1809, 27 Jan. 1813]; , 4:203, 273; FredericksburgThe bearer hereof was John H. Carr (Carr to TJ, 5 Dec. 1814).
Index Entries
- Carr, Dabney (1773–1837) (TJ’s nephew); instructs J. H. Carr in law search
- Carr, John; family of search
- Carr, John H.; recommended by TJ search
- Grymes, Philip; identified search
- Grymes, Philip; letters to search
- Grymes, Philip; TJ recommends J. H. Carr to search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Correspondence; letters of introduction from search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Family & Friends; relations with Carr family search
- New Orleans; immigrants to search