I mentioned to you that I had been amusing myself in translating the Dialogue of Plato. I now send you the first sheet and shall continue to send one every week until I have completed the first—You will find it miserably done but your father says the sense is preserved and that is all that is necessary as I do not pique myself upon my translating powers—You I know can study them to more...
2Fernagus De Gelone to Thomas Jefferson, 16 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received the honour of your last letter directed to me, and feel very much disappointed not to have on hand any copy of Planche ’s Greek french Dictionary. however I will certainly try to find one in town, which I would then forward to you without delay. RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ as received 23 May 1819 and so recorded in SJL . RC ( MHi ); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to...