Thomas Appleton to Thomas Jefferson, 21 January 1820
From Thomas Appleton
Leghorn 21st January 1820—
Dear Sir—1
I had clos’d my letter of the 15th & waiting dayly the departure of mr Fletcher, when your letter of the 3d of Septr from poplar forest, has been deliver’d me; through what avenues it has pass’d in this period of time, I cannot say, I only perceive, it last pass’d through Germany.—It contain’d one for the wife of Raggi; but no letter or remittance from mr Vaughan for the families of the Sculptors.—
I, yesterday spoke with mr & madme Pini, when they repeated to me, what, I believe, they wrote you on a former occasion, that they are desirous of about 2000. dollars of the capital, whenever, it suits your convenience; as it Seems, there is a mortgage on a certain tenement they hold at Pisa, & from which, they are desirous to be liberated.—I have inclos’d in the bag of hemp-Seed, four little bundles of the white gentilli wheat, and it is directed to the care of the Collector of the port of Alexandria.—
Th: Appleton
RC (DLC); at foot of text: “T: Jefferson esq’re”; endorsed by TJ as received 3 May 1820 and so recorded in SJL. FC (Lb in DNA: RG 84, CRL); in Appleton’s hand; at foot of text: “by Brig Eliza for Petersburg.”
1. Manuscript: “Dear Sir Dear Sir.”
Index Entries
- Appleton, Thomas; and P. Mazzei’s estate search
- Appleton, Thomas; and seeds for TJ search
- Appleton, Thomas; and stonecutters for Central College–University of Virginia search
- Appleton, Thomas; letters from search
- Elizabeth (brig) search
- Fletcher, Mr.; and package for TJ search
- hemp; Bologna search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; debt to P. Mazzei search
- Pini, Andrea Tozzi (Elisabetta Mazzei Pini’s husband); and P. Mazzei’s estate search
- Pini, Elisabetta Mazzei (Philip Mazzei’s daughter; Andrea Pini’s wife); and P. Mazzei’s estate search
- Raggi, Giacomo; as stonecutter for University of Virginia search
- Raggi, Michele; as stonecutter for University of Virginia search
- Raggi, Mrs.; letter for search
- seeds; sent to TJ search
- Tuscany, Italy; wheat from search
- Vaughan, John; makes payments for TJ search
- Virginia, University of; Construction and Grounds; stonecutters for search
- wheat; Tuscan white gentil search