Thomas Jefferson Papers

Thomas Jefferson to Peter Minor, 22 May 1816

To Peter Minor

Monto May 22. 16. Wednesday.

Th:J. to mr Peter Minor

Will you do us the favor to take peas & punch with us to-day? we did not know till last night that we should have either.

RC (photocopy in ViU: TJP); dateline at foot of text. Not recorded in SJL.

Index Entries

  • food; peas search
  • Minor, Peter; letters to search
  • Minor, Peter; TJ invites to Monticello search
  • Monticello (TJ’s estate); cuisine at search
  • Monticello (TJ’s estate); dining at search
  • Monticello (TJ’s estate); invitations to visit search
  • peas; dinner of search
  • punch; served at Monticello search

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Jefferson Papers
Title
Thomas Jefferson to Peter Minor, 22 May 1816
Author
Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient
Minor, Peter
Date
22 May 1816

Reference

Cite as
“Thomas Jefferson to Peter Minor, 22 May 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-10-02-0045. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 10, May 1816 to 18 January 1817, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013, p. 74.]

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