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The official TJ letter, which I just read today, states it was Adrian
Petit. I am familiar with Hugh Petit being an overseer.
Herb
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Subject: [VA-HIST] Petit confusion
Herb --
It's a different Petit -- Hugh Petit, not Adrian. Check the notes in
Bett's edition of the Farm Book, and the Memorandum Book. Adrian the
Frenchman was not around.
Henry
TJ in a
> letter to Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr, on Feb 29, 1796 (4 months after
> Harriet I's birth) references Adrian Petit, Mr Page, Mr. Robertson and
> a wedding. This is in the Edgehill Papers. Does this mean that Adrian
> is STILL awound Monticello?
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