Thomas Jefferson Papers

Thomas Jefferson to William Barret, 4 August 1823

To William Barret

Monto Aug. 4. 23.

Sir

On the 7th of July I recd from mr Saml Garland a letter dated Lynchbg July 3.1 stating that he had withdrawn my bond to Millar from yourself and that he insisted on payment of it’s balance during the current year. I had considered this as deciding that the balance of my debt to mr Millar2 must be paid within the course of the current year. myself and my grandson Th:J.R. (into whose hands I had committed all my affairs with full powers to transact them, age and debility obliging me to retire from them) had before determined on a large sale of property in Bedford about Christmas: and on the rect of this lre we had likewise determd that the whole of this debt should be paid of the immediate proceeds to be recieved3 at that sale. this will accdly be done to yourself, mr Garland, or any other holder of the bond, and being within the term prescribed by mr G.4 I hope will be satisfactory

accept my respectful salutations.

Th:J.

Dft (MHi); on verso of reused address cover of Henry A. S. Dearborn to TJ, 29 Oct. 1822, with Jefferson’s Note; at foot of text: “Mr William Barrett”; endorsed by TJ.

th:j.r.: Thomas Jefferson Randolph.

1Remainder of sentence interlined in place of “in these words Et.”

2Preceding seven words canceled by TJ, presumably by mistake.

3Preceding five words interlined in place of “ready money which will be recd.”

4Preceding eight words interlined.

Index Entries

  • A. Robertson & Company (firm); TJ’s debt to search
  • aging; TJ on his own search
  • Barret, William; and TJ’s debt to A. Robertson & Company search
  • Barret, William; letters to search
  • Bedford County, Va.; proposed sale of TJ’s land in search
  • Garland, Samuel; and TJ’s debt to A. Robertson & Company search
  • health; debility search
  • Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; debt to A. Robertson & Company search
  • Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; sale of Bedford Co. land proposed search
  • Jefferson, Thomas; Health; aging search
  • Jefferson, Thomas; Health; debility search
  • Miller, Boyd; and TJ’s debt to A. Robertson & Company search
  • Randolph, Thomas Jefferson (1792–1875) (TJ’s grandson; Jane Hollins Nicholas Randolph’s husband); and Bedford Co. land search