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Thomas Jefferson to Peter S. Du Ponceau, 17 January 1818

To Peter S. Du Ponceau

Monticello Jan. 17. 18.

Dear Sir

Your favors of the 5th & 6th are recieved, and I am sorry it is not in my power to interest any of the Indian agents for you & particularly those of the 4. Southern tribes. these are all new men to me. mr Meigs Agent with the Cherokees would be the most likely to be useful to you.

I recieved last night a letter from mr Harrison, who had been so kind as to give me the pocket MS. of Westover which I had committed to your deposit, and to borrow for me the folio MS. which I mentioned to you in a former letter. he informed me that the owner of this last will not consent that it shall go out of my hands, but consents to my retaining it until I shall have made any extracts from it I chuse. if therefore both your MSS. are defective in any particular date or passage, if you will designate it to me, I will extract from the folio what may be necessary to supply the lacuna. if the government returns my Louisiana MS. it shall certainly be sent to you. I repeat to you the assurance of my great esteem & respect

Th: Jefferson

RC (PPAmP: Thomas Jefferson Papers); addressed: “Peter S. Du Ponceau esq. Philadelphia”; franked; postmarked Milton, 20 Jan.; endorsed by Du Ponceau. PoC (DLC); on verso of reused address cover of William Short to TJ, 12 Nov. 1817; endorsed by TJ.

The 4. southern tribes were the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Creek nations.

Index Entries

  • American Philosophical Society, Historical and Literary Committee; and W. Byrd manuscripts search
  • American Philosophical Society, Historical and Literary Committee; TJ sends works to search
  • American Philosophical Society; and B. de La Harpe manuscript search
  • Byrd, William (1674–1744); The History of the Dividing Line search
  • Cherokee Indians; U.S. agent for search
  • Chickasaw Indians; U.S. agent for search
  • Choctaw Indians search
  • Creek Indians; agents to search
  • Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen; and Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society search
  • Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen; letters to search
  • Harrison, Benjamin (1787–1842); and W. Byrd manuscripts search
  • Harrison, George Evelyn; and W. Byrd’sHistory of the Dividing Line search
  • Indians, American; agents for search
  • Indians, American; Cherokee search
  • Indians, American; Chickasaw search
  • Indians, American; Choctaw search
  • Indians, American; Creek search
  • Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; sends manuscripts search
  • Journal historique Concernant l’Etablissement des françois à la Louisianne (B. de La Harpe) search
  • La Harpe, Benard de; Journal historique Concernant l’Etablissement des françois à la Louisianne search
  • Louisiana (Spanish and French colony); Journal historique Concernant l’Etablissement des françois à la Louisianne (B. de La Harpe) search
  • Meigs, Return Jonathan (1740–1823); as Indian agent search
  • State Department, U.S.; and B. de La Harpe manuscript search
  • The History of the Dividing Line (W. Byrd [1674–1744]); manuscript of search