Thomas Jefferson to John Barnes

Sir

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.

Polygraph Copy (Huntington Library); at foot of text: “Mr Barnes”; endorsed by TJ.

Source Information

Author Thomas Jefferson
Date 25 Aug. 1809
Place of Origin Monticello