Thomas Jefferson Papers

Samuel Williams to Thomas Jefferson, 6 January 1824

From Samuel Williams

London, 6th Jany 1824.

Sir,

I have been favoured with your Letter dated the 22nd of November, enclosing one to Mr Thomas Appleton, at Leghorn, and at the Same time received from General Bernard Peyton the Remittance ordered by you for Mr Appleton’s use, namely, £837.1.3. in a Bill at 60 d/st which is accepted.—

I have discounted the Acceptance, and this day remitted to Mr Appleton the Net amount thereof, being £820.4.—in Bills on Leghorn @ 3 m/d. for Ps 4144.3.4 at the Exchange of 47d½.

I am very respectfully

Sir, Your most obedt st

s. Williams.

RC (CSmH: JF); in a clerk’s hand, signed by Williams; at foot of text: “Thos Jefferson, Esqr Monticello—Virginia”; endorsed by TJ as received 18 Mar. 1824 and so recorded in SJL; with additional notation by TJ beneath endorsement: “No 13. Finbury square London.”

d/st: “day’s sight.” m/d: “month’s date.” ps: “pesos duros.”

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Jefferson Papers
Title
Samuel Williams to Thomas Jefferson, 6 January 1824
Author
Williams, Samuel
Recipient
Jefferson, Thomas
Date
6 January 1824

Reference

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“Samuel Williams to Thomas Jefferson, 6 January 1824,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-20-02-0355. [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, p. 418.]

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