I don't know what an official TJ letter is, but you can go to the  
library of congress collection of TJ's letters and see the image of  
the actual letter and no Adrian is named. It refers to just Petit  
within the context of getting plowing done, surely a reference to his  
overseer--Mick Nicholls
On Jul 17, 2008, at 7:24 PM, Herbert Barger wrote:

> 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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> 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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