Jeremiah A. Goodman to Thomas Jefferson, 16 June 1815
From Jeremiah A. Goodman
June 16 day 1815
der sir
I nover new what it was to have my feallings hurt before I exknowledg I was to fast intell you to git a nother man if I Could onley bin tryed one more year and Also having Mr yancey at the other plase and then if was not to make as much as he should make I would surmit but my fat I will bare with patience and try to do the best I Can my daily study has bin for you intrust but Mr Yancey will judge of this and I trust to god he will give me Justice your good will has bin all I over ask for
Mr Yancey will Let you know the situation of the Crop my Corn is very much mended the wheat & owts is too my tobacco is all standing
Jeremiah A goodman
RC (ViU: TJP-ER); addressed: “Mr Thos Jefferson Albemarle Mounticello”; stamp canceled; franked; postmarked Lynchburg, 28 June, and Charlottesville, 2 July; endorsed by TJ as received 3 July 1815 and so recorded in SJL.
Index Entries
- corn; at Poplar Forest search
- crops; oats search
- Goodman, Jeremiah Augustus; as Poplar Forest overseer search
- Goodman, Jeremiah Augustus; letters from search
- oats; at Poplar Forest search
- overseers; hiring of search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); corn grown at search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); oats grown at search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); Overseers at; TJ seeks replacement for search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); superintendent of search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); tobacco grown at search
- Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); wheat grown at search
- tobacco; grown at Poplar Forest search
- wheat; at Poplar Forest search
- Yancey, Joel (d.1833); as superintendent of Poplar Forest search