To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr., 1 October 1792
From Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr.
Monticello Oct: 1. 1792.
Dear Sir
Upon examining the Set of Buffon which you gave me in consequence of your kind offer to endeavor to procure in Paris the deficient volumes I find that the 15. des Oiseaux and the same of the Histoire1
[On verso:]
| Diary. | |||
| Sept. 28. | M.O. | Th. 46. | Large White frost. f. |
| E. | 56. | f. | |
| 29. | M. | 51. | f. |
| E. | |||
| 30. | M. | 50. | f. Looming most remarkable |
| E. | 68. | f. | |
| Oct. 1. | M. | 65. | f. Horizon much obscured by vapor. |
RC (MHi); fragment with Diary in Randolph’s hand on verso; endorsed by TJ as received on 9 Oct. 1792 and so recorded in SJL.
TJ ordered the deficient volumes in his letter to Jean François Froullé of 10 Oct. 1792.
1. Remainder of letter missing.