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Thomas Jefferson Autograph Note Signed Ordering Supplies for Monticello. ... (Total: 2 )
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Thomas Jefferson Autograph Note Signed Ordering Supplies for Monticello. One page, 3.625" x 1.625", no place; April 4, 1822. A manuscript note from Thomas Jefferson ordering ten pounds of coffee and 1000 nails "wrought of preference" from Charlottesville merchant [James] Leitch. It is signed by Jefferson, "Th:J."Similar notes from this period held by the University of Virginia indicate that these types of orders were often carried by Burwell Colbert, an enslaved domestic servant at Monticello who acted as Jefferson's butler and personal valet. While we cannot state with certainty that this order was also carried by Colbert, it is highly probably that he did so as he was the principal runner for Jefferson during his retirement years. Colbert was one of only five people freed in Jefferson's will, in which he was also granted funds to purchase tools needed to support his trade. From the Joel Levin Collection.
Condition: .75" closed tear at upper margin, crossing one letter of text. Light blossoming of ink, causing a halo effect. Unevenly toned with scattered soiling. Heavy wear at edges.
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2023 February 22 Historical Manuscripts Signature® Auction #6260 (go to Auction Home page)
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