Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Williams, 9 July 1823

To Samuel Williams

Monto July 9. 23.

Sir

I this day write to my correspdt in Richmd Colo B. Peyton to procure and remit to you a bill which shall nett 444.D. in London.1 of this I pray you to remit the proceeds on my acct2 to mr Thomas Appleton at Leghorn who has authorised me to give you this trouble. the inclosed letter advises3 him of the remittance and of it’s purposes.4 Accept the assurance of my esteem & respect.

Th: Jefferson

Dft (DLC); on verso of a reused address cover from George F. Hopkins to TJ; at foot of text: “Mr Saml Williams No 13. Finsbury square. London”; mistakenly endorsed by TJ as a letter of 13 July 1823, but correctly recorded in SJL. Enclosure: TJ to Thomas Appleton, 9 July 1823. Enclosed in TJ to Bernard Peyton, [9] July 1823.

1. Omitted period at right margin editorially supplied.

2. Preceding five words interlined.

3. Reworked from “I this day now advise,” with the “I” mistakenly left uncanceled.

4. Preceding two words interlined in place of “the applicn.”

Index Entries

Appleton, Thomas; TJ pays search
Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with T. Appleton search
Peyton, Bernard; payments made for TJ search
Williams, Samuel (ca.1759–1841); and remittances to T. Appleton search
Williams, Samuel (ca.1759–1841); letters to search

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Williams, 9 July 1823
Author: Jefferson, Thomas
Recipient: Williams, Samuel
Date: 9 July 1823

Reference

Cite as: “Thomas Jefferson to Samuel Williams, 9 July 1823,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-20-02-0019. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 20, 1 July 1823 to 31 March 1824, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023, pp. 22–23.]

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