# John Christoph Süverman to Thomas Jefferson, 8 August 1810 CITATION: “John Christoph Süverman to Thomas Jefferson, 8 August 1810,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-02-02-0488. [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, pp. 672–673.] URL (original): https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-02-02-0488 URL (fetched, Wayback Machine capture): https://web.archive.org/web/2024/https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-02-02-0488 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). NOTE: Süverman's second letter, reporting Pernier's death expenses and enclosing a copy of Pernier's account (described as an account with the United States). ---- VERBATIM TEXT (Founders Online page) ---- John Christoph Süverman to Thomas Jefferson, 8 August 1810 From John Christoph Süverman City of Washington 8 th Aug t 1810. sir, In my last, I informed you particulars of the death of M r Pirney, and the uncomfortable situation we were in, on account of the Debt due to us; which with a few others bare exceeding hard upon us. since that, I have found his Account for his services in attending Gov r Lewis; a Copy of which I thought it proper to forward you. our situation at present is so pressing that anything you can possibly do for us, will always be gratefully and thankfully Acknowledged by Sir, Respectfully Your Obed t h’ble Serv t John Christoph Süverman RC ( MHi ); in an unidentified hand, signed by Süverman; at foot of text: “T’O’,” i.e., “turn over,” with enclosure on third page of sheet folded to form four pages; addressed: “Tho s Jefferson Esq r Montocello Virginia”; franked and postmarked; endorsed by TJ as received 14 Aug. 1810 and so recorded in SJL . Enclosure: Account of John Pernier with Meriwether Lewis (conjoined with covering letter and also forming part of Pernier to TJ, 10 Feb. 1810 ). Enclosed in TJ to William D. Meriwether, 21 Aug. 1810 . Index Entries Lewis, Meriwether; J. Pernier’s claim against estate of search Pernier (Purney), John; account with M. Lewis search Süverman, John Christoph; and J. Pernier search Süverman, John Christoph; letters from search Permanent Link What’s this? https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-02-02-0488 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 John Christoph Süverman to Thomas Jefferson, 8 August 1810 Author Süverman, John Christoph Recipient Jefferson, Thomas Date 8 August 1810 Reference Cite as “John Christoph Süverman to Thomas Jefferson, 8 August 1810,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-02-02-0488. [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, pp. 672–673.] More between these correspondents Preceding From Süverman to Jefferson [5 May 1810] Next From Jefferson to Süverman [23 September 1810] All All correspondence between Süverman and Jefferson