| Author:
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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| Abstract:
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Too engaged while at Poplar Forest to answer his letter of 21st from that place; Advises his son to apply directly to Postmaster General who alone has power of appointing deputies; His father [Peter Jefferson] moved to this country in 1753 and was after a year or so succeeded as surveyor by John Dawson with John Staples as deputy; Surveyors' books and papers were not burnt in house [Shadwell]; they were safe in Bryan's time, as he has seen books of Col. Fry and Doctor Cabell who were among the first surveyors after county was taken from Goochland. |
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Issued Date:
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1806-08-30 |
| Subjects:
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Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Correspondence
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| URI:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10288/15200
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| Citation:
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Tucker-Coleman Papers: Series 2 Thomas Jefferson Correspondence, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. |
