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Thomas Jefferson letter to surveyor(1779 June 26)

  • MS 1952.1
  • 1 item

Letter, June 26, 1779, from Governor Thomas Jefferson, Williamsburg, Virginia, to an unidentified surveyor. Jefferson requests the surveyor locate a desirable tract of 5,000 acres of land on behalf of Jefferson’s brother-in-law, Henry Skipwith. Jefferson suggests that Dr. Thomas Walker may be of some assistance.