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Thomas Jefferson to Shadrach Ricketson, 21 June 1809

To Shadrach Ricketson

Monticello June 21. 09.

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments & his thanks to Doctr Ricketson for his treatise on the means of preserving health & the pamphlets he has been so kind as to send him. he shall read the former especially with particular pleasure, having much more confidence in the means of preserving than of restoring health. he salutes Dr Ricketson with assurances of his respect.

PoC (MHi); dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ.

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Jefferson Papers
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Thomas Jefferson to Shadrach Ricketson, 21 June 1809
Author
Jefferson, Thomas
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Ricketson, Shadrach
Date
21 June 1809

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“Thomas Jefferson to Shadrach Ricketson, 21 June 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-01-02-0240. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 1, 4 March 1809 to 15 November 1809, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2004, pp. 294–295.]

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