Francis W. Gilmer to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1820
From Francis W. Gilmer
Richmond Decr 10th 1820
dear Sir.
I inclose you a little treatise which I wrote in Albemarle during my summer’s visit; on what is growing every day to be an important question in jurisprudence & politics. The notions of Bentham are every day becoming more popular in Virginia, and it is time the other side should be heard.
I do not know your opinions on the subject, nor do I hope to edify you at all on the matter; I send you the pamphlet in testimony of
F. W. Gilmer
RC (MoSHi: Gilmer Papers); at foot of text: “Mr Jefferson”; endorsed by TJ as received 21 Dec. 1820 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: [Gilmer], A Vindication of the laws, limiting the rate of interest on loans; from the objections of Jeremy Bentham, and the Edinburgh Reviewers (Richmond, 1820; , 11 [no. 676]; TJ’s copy in ViU, inscribed “To Thomas Jefferson esqr with the compliments & respects of F. W. Gilmer”).
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