Joseph Coolidge to Nicholas P. Trist

dear N.

I wish you to forward the accompanying packet to Jefferson, wherever he may be, only taking care that it reach him safely, and without delay. I hope soon to have time to write to you;—the books have arrived at last, but more of them anon.

Mr [. . .] of New Orleans is here: how I wish I knew whether he is a friend of yours;He is said to be an – – – – –.

God bless you. Yrs.
J. C jr.

If you have any thing to send, or say, young Revd Mr Bulfinch, the bearer, will return to me soon.Where is “Lang’s Geography?”

RC (DLC: NPT); addressed: “Nicholas P. Trist: of the department of State; Washington, D.C. [by] Mr Bulfinch”; endorsed by Trist: “Coolidge J. July 16. ’29.”
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July 16, 1829
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