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(Monticello, Virginia), 1807. Very Good. One quarto sheet. Monticello: September 26, 1807. Third person Autograph Letter Signed by Jefferson in the body of the letter and again on the verso above the address: "free. Th. Jefferson Pr. US.", authorizing free postal delivery. Old light fold lines, one slight separation along a horizontal fold, one small tear from where the original wax seal was opened, very good. A fine handwritten letter dating from Jefferson's second term as president, sent to "His Excellency Governor Cabell, Richmond." Cabell, a Jeffersonian Republican, was a presidential elector for Thomas Jefferson in 1800 and 1804, and served the legal maximum of three consecutive one-year terms as governor of Virginia, from 1805 to 1808. In the letter, written by Jefferson in the third person as was his custom for this type of formal correspondence, Jefferson refers to an enclosed "letter on the subject of Col. Larkin Smith" (not present) and authorizes Cabell "to put the letter under his cover… Read More

Monticello, September 5, [1811].. [1 1/2]pp. on a single leaf, with separate leaf folded as cover, addressed and franked with Jefferson's signature. Pen and ink on paper. Quarto. Clean, partial split along one fold, old 1/16-inch archival repairs to three corners, else fine. Cover leaf with modest soiling, traces of seal. In a blue half morocco and cloth slipcase. An interesting Jefferson letter in which he rebuffs a request for payment of a thousand dollars by the editor of the SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN newspaper. He stridently objects to the payment demand, and seeks to defend his honor and reputation in setting his correspondent straight. Jefferson subscribed to a number of newspapers while he was president, including the SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN. He cancelled almost all of these subscriptions, including that for the SAVANNAH REPUBLICAN, when he left office at the beginning of 1809, taking care to pay all his outstanding bills. It appears from this letter that Norman McLean, one-time editor of the SAVANNAH… Read More

Washington, D.C., 1804. 1 page plus integral address leaf. 4to, on a folded folio sheet. Old fold lines. Minor wear and soiling. Strip of later paper on left edge verso, where letter had been tipped into an album. Very good. In a brown half morocco clamshell box, spine gilt. 1 page plus integral address leaf. 4to, on a folded folio sheet. President Thomas Jefferson Swears "On my sacred honor...." A remarkable letter written by President Thomas Jefferson to his Secretary of War, Henry Dearborn, in which Jefferson swears "on my sacred honour" that he gives no credence to slanderous gossip circulating relating to Gideon Granger, Samuel Hunt, and the Payne sisters (i.e. including Dolley Madison). Dearborn (1751-1829), a soldier and politician, was appointed by Jefferson to the post of Secretary of War in 1801, a position he held throughout Jefferson's terms in office.  He was moderately successful in most of his life's endeavors, excepting his command during the War of 1812, in which he lost Detroit… Read More

Charles City, Va, 1773. [4] pp. manuscript letter, signed by Jefferson and with internal address in his hand. Plus an additional manuscript note Signed by Jefferson, with thirteen lines of text, titled in Jefferson's hand. Expertly repaired at fold separations, affecting about than ten words of text. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. [4] pp. manuscript letter, signed by Jefferson and with internal address in his hand. Plus an additional manuscript note Signed by Jefferson, with thirteen lines of text, titled in Jefferson's hand. Jefferson Seeks to Settle His Father-in-Law's Estate, Including the Sale of Hundreds of Slaves: An Early and Important Letter. An outstanding, early, and lengthy Thomas Jefferson letter, written in the immediate aftermath of the death of his wife's father, John Wayles, and seeking to settle the outstanding debts of the Wayles estate.   Jefferson's early experience with indebtedness, and specifically with the inherited debt of the Wayles… Read More

Annapolis, January 16, 1784.. [2]pp. on a single folded folio sheet. Old faint fold lines, upper and lower edges gilt. Blind stamp of the Chastellux Archives in upper right corner of first leaf. Fine. In a half blue morocco box and chemise, spine gilt. An outstanding letter written by Thomas Jefferson to François-Jean de Chastellux, shortly after the ratification of the definitive Treaty of Paris by the United States Congress of the Confederation, noting its recent approval and the imminent dispatch of an official copy to Paris. The letter continues to discuss at length the condition of the newly independent United States, refuting the rumors of potential anarchy being circulated in Europe, but lamenting the lack of available hard currency in the country. "This letter is reminiscent of others written by [Jefferson] at the opening of the Revolution in which he endeavored by private communications to influence opinion of America abroad" - Founders Online. Jefferson goes on to discuss the potential… Read More