James Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, 8 September 1823
From James Monroe
Highland sepr 8. 1823
Dear Sir
It will afford me great pleasure to sit for the artist, mentiond, in yours, just receivd, & to hold a place in society with those, who have been so highly, & deservedly, honourd by their country. I will receive him to morrow, and afterwards, as may suit our mutual convenience.
I was very fearful that you sufferd by the rain yesterday, but hope that you escapd it.
James Monroe
RC (MHi); addressed: “Mr Jefferson Monticello”; endorsed by TJ as received the day it was written and so recorded in SJL.
The artist was James Westhall Ford. yours, just receivd: no recent letter from TJ to Monroe has been found, and none is recorded in SJL.
One of TJ’s granddaughters commented a little over a week later that “we have had eleven days of cloud & rain, and Grand Papa says he does not recollect ever to have seen such a spell in this Country before” (Virginia J. Randolph [Trist] to Nicholas P. Trist, Monticello, 17 Sept. 1823 [RC in DLC: NPT]).
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