Letter, 1818 December 31, Monticello, [Albemarle County, Virginia] to James Riley, n.p.

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Letter, 1818 December 31, Monticello, [Albemarle County, Virginia] to James Riley, n.p.

Correspondence with [James] Simpson commenced in Feb. 1793 while secretary of state and must have closed at end of year when self retired from that office; correspondence will be in papers of secretary of state; remembers Simpson as consul of Morocco; mentions salary.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 25 cm. x 21 cm.

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College of William and Mary. Swem Library. Jefferson Project.

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Riley, James, 1777-1840

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Sea captain, born in Middletown, Connecticut, and became a sailor at the age of fifteen. Following the wreck of his brig Commerce in 1815 and his subsequent captivity in in North Africa, he resettled in Van Wert County, Ohio, in 1821, but resumed a seafaring life in 1831. Died at sea in 1840. From the description of Riley's narrative : manuscript, [1817]. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58775180 James Riley accompanied James Macarthur on an expedi...

Simpson, James, 1781-1853

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...