Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to Jeremiah A. Goodman
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01084 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: Charlottesville, Virginia Type: Autograph document signed Date: 30 July 1817 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
One letter written by Thomas Jefferson to Jeremiah A. Goodman dated July 30, 1817. Goodman was Jefferson's former plantation overseer at Poplar Forest. Item documents the cancellation of selling Sally, a three-year old enslaved child to Goodman. Written in Monticello
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