Thomas Jefferson Papers

Thomas Jefferson to Archibald Robertson, 21 May 1823

To Archibald Robertson

Pop. For. May 21. 23.

Dear Sir

Two of my gr. daurs are on a visit to Lynchburg with their relation mrs Eppes. should any thing strike their fancy in your assortmt be so good as to let them have it on my acct. havg delivered all my concerns into the hands of my gr. son Th: J. Randolph I leave to him to communicate with you on their subject, only observing that our resources authorise us to count on making a respectable diminution of my present balance to you which altho’ it cannot be of the first monies recd will not fail to be done in the course of the summer1 or early autumn. accept the assurance of my great esteem & respect

Th:J.

FC (MHi); on verso of reused address cover of Lewis D. Belair to TJ, 26 Nov. 1818; in TJ’s hand; at foot of text: “Mr A. Robertson”; endorsed by TJ.

gr. daurs: “granddaughters.”

1Word interlined in place of “fall.”

Index Entries

  • Eppes, Mary Elizabeth Cleland Randolph (Francis Wayles Eppes’s wife; Thomas Eston Randolph’s daughter); travels of search
  • Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with A. Robertson search
  • Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); management of search
  • Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); TJ’s grandchildren visit search
  • Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); as manager of Poplar Forest search
  • Robertson, Archibald; account with TJ search
  • Robertson, Archibald; as merchant search
  • Robertson, Archibald; letters to search