Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Jefferson, 13 February 1821

From Joseph Dougherty

Washington City Feb. 13th —21

Dear Sir.

I have just time at this present moment to Inform you, that I expect before I can finish this to be obliged to close the eyes of our esteemed friend—W. A. Burwell—Several nights siting with him renders me incapable of writing more

Your Humble Servt.

Jos. Dougherty

Please inform Mr T.M.R.

RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 19 Feb. 1821 and so recorded in SJL. RC (DLC); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to LeRoy, Bayard & Company, 11 June 1822, on verso; addressed: “Thos. Jefferson Esqr. Late President of the U. States Monticella va”; franked; postmarked Washington, 14 Feb.

t.m.r.: Thomas Mann Randolph.

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Burwell, William Armistead; death of search
Dougherty, Joseph; and W. A. Burwell’s death search
Dougherty, Joseph; letters from search
Randolph, Thomas Mann (1768–1828) (TJ’s son-in-law; Martha Jefferson Randolph’s husband); mentioned search

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Jefferson, 13 February 1821
Author: Dougherty, Joseph
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 13 February 1821

Reference

Cite as: “Joseph Dougherty to Thomas Jefferson, 13 February 1821,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-16-02-0506. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 16, 1 June 1820 to 28 February 1821, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019, p. 603.]

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