Thomas Jefferson Papers

Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Sully, 5 April 1821

To Thomas Sully

Monticello Apr. 5. 21.

Th: Jefferson forwards to mr Sully three letters which came under cover to him yesterday evening and salutes him with friendly respect

RC (MHi); dateline at foot of text; with Robert Gilmor’s signed notation on verso: “Note from Ex-President Jefferson to Mr Sully the Artist, sent me by the latter in 1830,” and his additional notation: “Signer of the Declaration of Independance.” Not recorded in SJL. Enclosures not found.

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  • Gilmor, Robert (1774–1848); friendship with T. Sully search
  • Monticello (TJ’s Albemarle Co. estate); Visitors to; Sully, Thomas search
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  • Sully, Thomas; TJ forwards letters to search
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Jefferson Papers
Title
Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Sully, 5 April 1821
Author
Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient
Sully, Thomas
Date
5 April 1821

Reference

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“Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Sully, 5 April 1821,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-17-02-0088. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 17, 1 March to 30 November 1821, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020, p. 94.]

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