Jerman Baker to Thomas Jefferson, 16 September 1823
From Jerman Baker
Richmond 16th Sepr 1823
My Dr Sir,
Yours of the 11th Int has this moment been received, & at the same time an express arrives announcing the melancholy tidings of the Death [of]1 my highly valued friend & connexion Mr Eppes; you, Sir, who know his Worth can well imagine the loss his friends have sustained—I am just leaving Town for Buckingham, immediately on my return I will with much pleasure attend to your request—I hope your Health is perfectly restored—Be pleased Sir to present my affectionate2 regards to your family & to accept for yourself the assurance of my great esteem3 & respect
Jerman Baker
RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 21 Sept. 1823 and so recorded in SJL. RC (DLC); address cover only; with TJ’s Notes on Account between University of Virginia and Thomas Appleton, [after 27 Apr. 1824], on verso; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson esquire Monticello”; franked; postmarked Richmond, 16 Sept.
TJ’s letter to Baker of the 11th Sept. 1823, not found, is recorded in SJL with the additional bracketed notation: “statemt of revenue taxes.”
1. Omitted word editorially supplied.
2. Manuscript: “affectonate.”
3. Manuscript: “esteen.”
Index Entries
- Baker, Jerman (1776–1828); and death of J. W. Eppes search
- Baker, Jerman (1776–1828); and statements of Va. taxes search
- Baker, Jerman (1776–1828); and TJ’s health search
- Baker, Jerman (1776–1828); letters from search
- Baker, Jerman (1776–1828); letter to accounted for search
- Eppes, John Wayles (TJ’s son-in-law); death of search
- taxes; in Va. search
- Virginia; taxes in search