Thomas Burke to Thomas Jefferson, July 10, 1771
Norfolk July 10th. 1771. Sir I have at length prevailed on Mr. Taylor to answer a Bill in our Court spedily, and I here inclose you a Draught of what…
Norfolk July 10th. 1771. Sir I have at length prevailed on Mr. Taylor to answer a Bill in our Court spedily, and I here inclose you a Draught of what…
Lortons May 10. 1771 Dear Sir I omitted giving the Treasurer my Bond for things purchas’d at the Palace Amount £8:18:6. Indeed it ought to have been Cash, but as…
[ca. April 1771] I have been labouring to prevail on Tuckers Executors to come to a Speedy trial of the Cause, but without Success. Mr. Taylor seems determined to remove…
Berwick upon Tweed April 26th. 1771. My Dear Sir Though I have wrote you and Mr. Walker twice, yet I am at a loss to know whether any of my…
Wmsburgh. March 12th. [1771] I am sorry to say, by this Man, who is come down so late that all the valluable fruite, and flower roots, cannot be medled with,…
Sepr. 3d 1770 Dr . Sir I received yours of July 15th a few days past, and Immediately communicated your Sentiments and my own relative to the Suit of Tuckers…
Glasgow Augt. the 26. 1770 Dr . Sir The last time I had the pleasure of writting you accompanied an Account of some Books you ordered which were unfortunately lost,…
[9 June 1770] HIS EXCELLENCY The Right Honourable Norborne Baron de Botetourt , his Majesty’s Lieutenant and Governor General of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia, and Vice Admiral of…
April. 1770 When you were at Col. Lewis’s my Heart was with you, but something more than a Punctillio, for it was a Coach Load of Hospitality, kept my Body…
London March 28th. 1770 Dear Sir I am disappointed hitherto in every attempt to get ordained. The Commissary wrote against me in these words. Colo. Mercer saw the letter. “Mr.…