Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to John Mason
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04076 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 11 April 1806 Pagination: 1 p. : address ; 20.1 x 12.6 cm. Order a Copy
Asks General Mason to serve as one of three disinterested commissioners for the Cumberland Road, two of which should come from "this quarter." A post script indicates he was also asking Thomas Moore, who accepted. Mason apparently declined, since Eli Williams of Maryland became the second eastern commissioner (Joseph Kerr, the other commissioner, was from Ohio).
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