Jeff
   Thank you.  Interesting that Mays attributed letter to Tyler.  MHS sent
me a digital image & its very clearly signed TAYLOR.   Was this JT of
Caroline?
Jon Kukla

On Monday, July 30, 2012, Jeff Looney <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> In response to Jon Kukla's query about John Taylor to Wilson Cary
Nicholas, 25 October 1818 (MHi: Coolidge Collection of Jefferson
Manuscripts). I am not aware of a previously published version.
>
> This particular letter found its way into a collection of Jefferson
family documents because the recipient, Wilson Cary Nicholas, was the
father-in-law of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Thomas Jefferson's grandson.
 Randolph wound up serving as executor of both Jefferson's and Nicholas's
estates, and their papers became mingled.
>
> The letter was already on our list of items for inclusion in our Digital
Archive here at the Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, and so
we decided to bump it up in the queue. A verified transcription went online
today. You can get to it at
>
>
http://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/about-retirement-series-digital-archive
>
> by clicking on "Search the Digital Archive" and then entering the date of
the document.
>
> The Digital Archive now contains more than 700 family documents and 500
quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson, all freely available to the user. We
hope that you and other VA-HIST users will find this growing body of
documents helpful.
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