Return J. Meigs to Thomas Jefferson, 7 March 1823

From Return J. Meigs

General Post office Dept March 7th 1823,

Dear Sir

I have received yours of the 3rd instant—and have given directions—That letters and packets—addressed to You be mailed for and directed to Charlotteville—

Accept the assurance of

my veneration & respect

R J Meigs.

RC (MoSHi: TJC-BC); in a clerk’s hand, signed by Meigs; endorsed by TJ as received 12 (reworked from 13) Mar. 1823 and so recorded in SJL. RC (MHi); address cover only; with Dft of TJ to Elizabeth Chase, 26 Jan. 1824, on verso; addressed by Meigs (trimmed): “[Thoma]s Jefferson [late] President [o]f the United States Charlotteville Va”; franked.

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Return J. Meigs to Thomas Jefferson, 7 March 1823
Author: Meigs, Return Jonathan
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 7 March 1823

Reference

Cite as: “Return J. Meigs to Thomas Jefferson, 7 March 1823,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-19-02-0326. [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. 432.]

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