Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell, 14 July 1816

To Joseph C. Cabell

July 14. 16.

Th:J. to mr Cabell.

You have sometimes thought my political ramblings worth the time and trouble of reading. I inclose you a letter lately written on a subject now much agitated in our state. I will ask the favor of it’s early return by mail as I have no other copy. I salute you with friendship & respect.

RC (ViU: TJP); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “Joseph C. Cabell esq. Warminster”; franked; postmarked Milton, 18 July; endorsed by Cabell. Not recorded in SJL. Enclosure: TJ to “Henry Tompkinson” (Samuel Kercheval), 12 July 1816.

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell, 14 July 1816
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient: Cabell, Joseph Carrington
Date: 14 July 1816

Reference

Cite as: “Thomas Jefferson to Joseph C. Cabell, 14 July 1816,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-10-02-0135. [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. 240.]

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