Thomas Jefferson to Bernard Peyton, 22 March 1823
To Bernard Peyton
Monto Mar. 22. 23
Dear Sir
I yesterday inclosed to you the necessary blanks, and now forward a draught on you for 100. D the proceeds of which I must pray you to forward to mr William John Coffee at New York. he is to leave that place the last day of this month which gives no time for delay in the remittance. will you also be so kind as to send me the school books mentd below. they are for my grandsons. They may come by mail, but separately and successively1 not to overburthen it
yours affectionately
Th:J.
FC (MHi); on verso of portion of reused address cover to TJ; in TJ’s hand; endorsed by TJ as a letter to “Peyton Bernard.” Recorded in SJL with bracketed notation: “100.D. for Coffee.”
The enclosed draught in favor of William J. Coffee, not found, was “to pay his bill for ornaments for the Bedford house” (, 2:1394). græca minora: an unidentified edition of Andrew Dalzel, Ἀνάλεκτα Ἑλληνικὰ Ἥσσονα. sive Collectanea Græca Minora (Edinburgh, 1787; 1st American ed., Cambridge, Mass., 1804 ; , no. 4909 ).
1. Preceding two words interlined.
2. TJ here canceled “or E.”
3. TJ here canceled “or Eng.”
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- Aesop; TJ orders works of search
- architecture; architectural ornaments search
- Bible; New Testament search
- Bible; TJ orders search
- books; school textbooks search
- Coffee, William John; fashions ornaments for TJ search
- Coffee, William John; TJ pays search
- Dalzel, Andrew; Ἀνάλεκτα Ἑλληνικὰ Ἥσσονα. sive Collectanea Græca Minora search
- Greek language; works in search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; orders books search
- Latin language; works in search
- Peyton, Bernard; and books for TJ search
- Peyton, Bernard; and TJ’s bank notes search
- Peyton, Bernard; letters to search
- Peyton, Bernard; payments made for TJ search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); architectural ornaments for search
- Randolph, Benjamin Franklin (TJ’s grandson); education of search
- Randolph, James Madison (TJ’s grandson); education of search
- Randolph, Meriwether Lewis (TJ’s grandson); education of search
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