Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Ritchie, [3 March 1823]

To Thomas Ritchie

[3 Mar. 1823]

Th Jefferson asks the favor of mr Ritchie to add Charlottesville to the address of his paper, without which it goes to the Milton P.O. with which he has no intercourse, & the consequence is that his Enquirers1 accumulate there till some accident offers a conveyance2 whereas with Charlottesville he has daily communicn. he salutes him with esteem & respect

Dft (MHi); undated; endorsed by TJ: “Ritchie Thos Mar. 3. 23.”

A missing letter from TJ to Ritchie of 17 Feb. 1823 is recorded in SJL.

1. Word interlined in place of “papers.”

2. Preceding three words interlined in place of “brings them.”

Index Entries

Charlottesville, Va.; mail service to search
Milton, Va.; post office at search
Richmond Enquirer (newspaper); TJ subscribes to search
Ritchie, Thomas; as editor ofRichmond Enquirer search
Ritchie, Thomas; letters to search
Ritchie, Thomas; letters to accounted for search

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Ritchie, [3 March 1823]
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient: Ritchie, Thomas
Date: 3 March 1823

Reference

Cite as: “Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Ritchie, [3 March 1823],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-19-02-0320. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 19, 16 September 1822 to 30 June 1823, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022, p. 425.]

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