Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from John Stuart, 25 August 1796

From John Stuart

Augt. 25th. 1796

Sir

It is some time ago since I wrote you by Major Taylor, the Bones then mentioned I hoped would have Reached you nearly as soon as the Letter, but I unfortunately missed of the Waggoner—they are the same I now send by Mr. Silkniter. I am your Most Obd Humbl Servt.

John Stuart

RC (DLC); addressed: “Honbl. Thomas Jefferson Esqr”; endorsed by TJ.

Stuart last wrote TJ on 13 July 1796. I now send by Mr. Silkniter: TJ paid Jacob Silknitter for charcoal burning from 1795 to 1797 (MB description begins James A. Bear, Jr., and Lucia C. Stanton, eds., Jefferson’s Memorandum Books: Accounts, with Legal Records and Miscellany, 1767–1826, Princeton, 1997, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Second Series description ends , ii, 925). According to SJL, TJ wrote letters to Silknitter on 30 Oct. 1794, 30 Oct. 1797, and 29 Aug. 1798, none of which has been found.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from John Stuart, 25 August 1796
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    Stuart, John
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    25 August 1796

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from John Stuart, 25 August 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-29-02-0134. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 29, 1 March 1796 – 31 December 1797, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002, p. 177.]

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