1Archibald Thweatt to Thomas Jefferson, 24 September 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I delayed answering yours of the 4 th ult: until I had seen some of our fellow Citizens most likely to favor the important object of the communication with which you honored me, and also until I had visited Petersburg . Your letter , and the introduction to the subscription paper , presented the case with so much perspicuity and force, that I could not well avoid taking the liberty (for which...
2Archibald Thweatt to Thomas Jefferson, 11 February 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Am I right or wrong? P.S. I am informed that Mr Wayles had an interest in Byrd s Lottery, and that if his papers were examined, we perhaps might find documents to enable us to recover many lots. Is it worth while for me to make the search? Say in what years RC ( ViU: TJP-ER ); dateline between signature and postscript; addressed: “ Thomas Jefferson Esq: monticello Post office— Milton v a ”;...
3Archibald Thweatt to Thomas Jefferson, 17 February 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
There was no prospect of doing any thing in the country, I engaged Several citizens in Petersburg , to get Subscriptions to the Central College and they inform me, that the attempt was vain. Being a bad manager on my farm , and all my funds being in lands & slaves (very unproductive property to me): I regret that the application finds me without pecuniary resources: not having yet made any...