Thomas Jefferson to William Plumer (1789–1854), 13 January 1822
To William Plumer (1789–1854)
Monticello Jan. 13. 22.
I thank you, dear Sir, for the copy you have been so kind as to send me of your excellent Agricultural address. it lays open the true and fundamental1 principles of good husbandry. withdrawn by age from active2 pursuits of that nature, I have had pleasure in reading this, and more especially in recieving it as a mark of your3 kind and friendly4 recollection, and in the occasion it gives me of renewing to you the assurances5 of my great & continued esteem and respect.
Th: Jefferson
RC (DLC: TJ Papers, ser. 9); with initialed notation by Plumer at foot of text: “Note. I sent Mr Jefferson my Agricultural Address of October 18. 1821: & though it bore the name of William Plumer Jr on the title page, he seems to have supposed that it was delivered by my father, & answered it accordingly.” Dft (MHi); written on verso of RC of Plumer (1789–1854) to TJ, 31 Dec. 1821.
1. Word interlined in Dft in place of “sound.”
2. Word interlined in Dft.
3. In Dft TJ here canceled “favble.”
4. Preceding two words interlined in Dft.
5. Reworked in Dft from “the oppy it gives me of assuring you.”
Index Entries
- aging; TJ on his own search
- agriculture; books on search
- An Address delivered before the Rockingham Agricultural Society, October 18th, 1821 (W. Plumer [1789–1854]) search
- books; on agriculture search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; receives works search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Health; aging search
- Plumer, William (1759–1850); TJ misattributes authorship to search
- Plumer, William (1789–1854); An Address delivered before the Rockingham Agricultural Society, October 18th, 1821 search
- Plumer, William (1789–1854); letter to search