Reading Henry Weincek's message earlier today about Thomas Jefferson's debts and his living well off credit reminded me of Jefferson's very last letter, which Jeff Looney published in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography three years ago (VMHB: 112 [2004]: 178-184). Jefferson's last letter, written on 25 June 1826, little more than a week before he died, was to a Baltimore merchant about the purchase of some wine to be paid for later. Brent Tarter The Library of Virginia [log in to unmask] Please note the new e-mail address. Please visit the Library of Virginia's Web site at http://www.lva.lib.va.us