Joel Yancey to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1824
From Joel Yancey
Lynchburg 18th March ,24
Dr sir
I wrote you some time last fall, that I was very much in want of mony, and that I would be very much obliged to you to pay me one thousand dollars as soon as you could make it convenient, which letter I am informd thro— Mr Randolp you did not receive,—I am still in great need of that sum, and would be very much obliged to you to let me have it some time this spring, the balance of your debt to me, you can account to mr A. Robertson for, to suit your convenience1 I have no doubt, I am sir with highest respect and esteem yr mo obt servt
Joel Yancey
RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 23 Mar. 1824 and so recorded in SJL.
Yancey’s letter to TJ of last fall, not found, is not recorded in SJL and was evidently never received by him.
1. Manuscript: “convenence.”
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