To Thomas Jefferson from Edward Johnston, 21 May 1805
From Edward Johnston
Norfolk, May 21st. 1805
Sir
Under cover hereof you will please receive Bill Lading for three hhds of Bacon Hams, which I now forward to you at the request of Mr. George Jefferson of Richmond.—Wishing them safe to hand, I remain Sir with sincere respect Your Obed. Servt.
Edwd. Johnston
RC (DLC); at head of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr.”; endorsed by TJ as received 29 May but recorded in SJL as received 30 May. Enclosure: bill of lading, Norfolk, 21 May, being a printed form, with blanks filled by a clerk and signed by Job Palmer, master of the sloop Montezuma, describing a shipment consisting of “Three hogsheads containing Bacon Hams” with freight costs of “eleven Shillings per Hhd,” addressed to TJ in Washington (MS in same).