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Sir	Monticello Aug. 25. 09.

By the last post I acknoleged the receipt of your last letter, & at the same time took the liberty of making a remittance through you to mr Peale. having occasion to send a light cart to Washington, & being in want of half a pound of Sal-Ammoniac, an article necessary for tinning our copper utensils, & not to be had here, I ask the favor of you to procure it at an Apothecary’s & send it to me by the bearer Davy who will call for it. the cost shall be answered with my remaining balance ere long.I salute you with affectionate esteem.