Ann C. Morris to Thomas Jefferson, 6 March 1823

From Ann C. Morris

March 6th 1823

Dear Sir

Your goodness will excuse the liberty I take—Your name is held so Sacred by the post masters that it prevents the loss of my scrawls—

Your’s with the greatest respect and esteem

Ann C. Morris

RC (MHi); dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 15 Mar. 1823 and so recorded in SJL. RC (DLC); address cover only; with Dft of TJ to Joseph C. Cabell, 22 Jan. 1824, on verso; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr Monticello Albemarle County Virginia”; franked; postmarked Harlem, 7 Mar.

This letter presumably covered unidentified correspondence to Randolph family members.

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Ann C. Morris to Thomas Jefferson, 6 March 1823
Author: Morris, Ann Cary Randolph
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 6 March 1823

Reference

Cite as: “Ann C. Morris to Thomas Jefferson, 6 March 1823,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-19-02-0324. [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. 431.]