Thomas Jefferson Papers
Documents filtered by: Recipient="Smith, Charles"
sorted by: date (ascending)
Permanent link for this document:
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-45-02-0150

From Thomas Jefferson to Charles Smith, 7 December 1804

To Charles Smith

Washington Dec. 7. 04

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Smith and his thanks for the volume of Dr. Burkhard which he has been so good as to send him. it appears to be a very interesting view of the analogies of nature in her different departments and the publication of it here will render an useful aid especially in the business of education.

PoC (MoSHi: Jefferson Papers); endorsed by TJ.

thanks for the volume: Smith included his translation of Johann Gottlieb Burkhard’s Elementary or Fundamental Principles of the Philosophy of Natural History with his letter to TJ of 20 Oct.

Index Entries