David Gelston to Thomas Jefferson, 9 August 1816
From David Gelston
New York August 9th 1816.
Dear Sir,
I have received bill of lading for 2 boxes, 12 bottles each, red Paillerole wine and one basket maccaroni, from Marseilles by the Ship Ocean just arrived, shipped by Mr Cathalan—
I Shall pay every attention, put the whole in Store, await your orders—and remain, with great respect,
sir, your obedient servant—
David Gelston
RC (MHi); at foot of text: “Mr Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ as received 16 Aug. 1816 and so recorded in SJL, which has the additional notation: “Paillerole wine 24.b. & maccaroni.”
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- Cathalan, Stephen (Étienne) (1757–1819); and wine for TJ search
- food; macaroni search
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- Gelston, David; and wine for TJ search
- Gelston, David; letters from search
- Gelston, David; sends macaroni to TJ search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; orders wine from S. Cathalan search
- macaroni; sent to TJ search
- Pailherols, France; wine from search
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