William Drayton & Jefferson, The Farmer

All Bones Considered: Laurel Hill Stories #040: William Short, William Duane & William Drayton – I’m Just a Bill.  Friends of Thomas Jefferson, Part 1, Story 3

COL William Drayton was a Unionist from South Carolina and a veteran of the War of 1812.  His father, a Carolina plantation owner, exchanged dozens of letters with Jefferson on many topics, especially agriculture.