To James Madison from Thomas Carpenter, [post–1 July 1806]
From Thomas Carpenter
[post–1 July 1806]
Sir
Dr. Sage of whom I had the Cassimere for your Waistcoat & small clothes desired me to inform you the Cost of it to the Manufacturer (including dyeing, fulling, dressing and every expence) does not exceed 1 dollar 50 cents per yard. I paid him 3 dollars for it, and it is fully as cheap as any foreign Cassimere is sold for of the same quality. There can therefore be no doubt of the increase of the demand, should there be wool enough to supply it. Your obedt servt
Thos Carpenter.
RC (DLC). Undated; dated 1806 in the Index to the James Madison Papers; conjectural date assigned here based on comparison with Carpenter to JM, ca. 8 Nov. 1806 (DLC).