# Thomas Jefferson to C. & A. Conrad & Company, 11 December 1809 CITATION: “Thomas Jefferson to C. & A. Conrad & Company, 11 December 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-02-02-0045. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson , Retirement Series, vol. 2, 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810 , ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005, p. 72.] URL (original): https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-02-02-0045 URL (fetched, Wayback Machine capture): https://web.archive.org/web/2024/https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-02-02-0045 DATE FETCHED: 2026-09-14 TRANSCRIPTION: scholarly edition text (Princeton, Papers of Thomas Jefferson / Madison Papers, as published on Founders Online); text below is verbatim from the fetched page, including the editors' source note and footnotes. Superscripts are flattened by the HTML-to-text conversion (e.g. 'Oct r' = Oct^r, '11 th' = 11^th). ---- VERBATIM TEXT (Founders Online page) ---- Thomas Jefferson to C. & A. Conrad & Company, 11 December 1809 To C. & A. Conrad & Company Monticello Dec. 11. 09. Mess rs Conrad & co. I wrote you on the 23 d of Nov. in answer to yours of the 13 th of that month . I soon after concluded to write to the President suggesting to him the expediency of his ordering Gov r Lewis’s two trunks from Nashville by the stage to Washington, there to have the papers assorted & deliver those respecting his expedition to Gen l Clarke soon expected. Gen l Clarke called on me a few days ago. he is named one of his executors by the Governor; & informed me that he had desired the trunks to be sent on to Washington under the care of mr Whiteside, the newly elected Senator from Tennissee. he is himself now 1 gone on to Washington, where the papers may be immediately expected, & he will proceed thence to Philadelphia to do whatever is necessary to the publication. I salute you with respect Th: Jefferson PoC ( DLC ); endorsed by TJ. 1 . Word interlined. Index Entries Clark (Clarke), William; and journals of Lewis and Clark Expedition search Clark (Clarke), William; travels to Washington search Clark (Clarke), William; visits Monticello search Conrad, C. & A., and Company (Philadelphia firm); and journals of Lewis and Clark Expedition search Conrad, C. & A., and Company (Philadelphia firm); letters to search Lewis, Meriwether; Lewis and Clark Expedition search Lewis and Clark Expedition; journals of search Lewis and Clark Expedition; publication of journals search Monticello (TJ’s estate); Visitors to; Clark, William search Whiteside, Jenkin; takes trunks to Washington search Permanent Link What’s this? https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-02-02-0045 Note: The annotations to this document, and any other modern editorial content, are copyright © Princeton University Press. All rights reserved. Back to top You Are Looking At Source Project Jefferson Papers Title Thomas Jefferson to C. & A. Conrad & Company, 11 December 1809 Author Jefferson, Thomas Recipient Conrad, C. & A., & Co. Date 11 December 1809 Reference Cite as “Thomas Jefferson to C. & A. Conrad & Company, 11 December 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-02-02-0045. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson , Retirement Series, vol. 2, 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810 , ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005, p. 72.] More between these correspondents Preceding From Jefferson to Conrad, C. & A., & Co. [23 November 1809] Next From Conrad, C. & A., & Co. to Jefferson [15 April 1810] All All correspondence between Jefferson and Conrad, C. & A., & Co.