A Guide to the Thomas Jefferson letter to Charles Simms 1811 Jefferson, Thomas letter to Charles Simms, 1811 10992

A Guide to the Thomas Jefferson letter to Charles Simms 1811

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Accession number

10992

Title

Thomas Jefferson letter to Charles Simms 1811

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Language

English

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Thomas Jefferson letter to Charles Simms, 1811, Accession #10992, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This letter was purchased by the Library on October 31, 1990, from Swann Galleries of New York, New York.

Scope and Content Information

In this letter of November 4, 1811, Thomas Jefferson, at Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia, writes to Colonel Charles Simms requesting his assistance in having "a cask of wine, a box of marble, a box of olives, & a bag of almonds" transhipped from Alexandria, Virginia, on a vessel bound for Richmond. He asks for the items to be addressed to Messrs. Gibson and Jefferson, and suggests payment arrangements through them. He mentiions that the wine is from the island of Majorca, Spain.