Charles Yancey to Thomas Jefferson, 27 December 1814
From Charles Yancey
Richmond 27th decr 1814
Dr Sir.
Inclosed is a Copy of the Subjects of Taxation, for the next year. time, will not allow me to attend to you, as I wish to do. I ho[pe] You will excuse, Yours Respectfully
C yancey
PS please to let my friend Peter Carr Esqr & Neighbors See it
RC (DLC); torn at seal; addressed: “Thos Jefferson Esqr Albemarle va near Charlottesville” by “mail”; stamped; postmarked Charlottesville, 1 Jan.; endorsed by TJ as received 5 Jan. 1815 and so recorded in SJL.
The enclosure listing the subjects of taxation was probably the 21 Dec. 1814 Virginia Act Imposing Taxes for the Support of Government (broadside at MoSHi: TJC-BC; containing underscoring, probably by TJ; endorsed by TJ: “Taxes. State. 1815”; repr. in [1814–15 sess.], 3–8).