Nicolas G. Dufief to Thomas Jefferson, 1 September 1814
From Nicolas G. Dufief
A Philade ce 1er Septembre. 1814
Monsieur,
Il m’a été impossible, Jusqu’à présent, de vous procurer l’ouvrage d’Evans. Je continuerai mes recherches. Vous avez du recevoir le 1er & 2d vol. de mon dictionnaire & l’histoire des Shakers
Plusieurs Personnes Sont venus me trouver, d’après vos lettres, pour me prier de leur compter les petites Sommes qui leur sont dues J’ai promis de les leur envoyer dès que Mr Gibson (a qui J’ai ecrit en reponse à une de Ses lettres dans laquelle il me demandait de quelle maniere il devoit envoyer l’argent) m’aura fait passer un draft Sur Philada ou des billets de Banque de cette ville ou de New York qu’il peut facilement Se procurer à Richmond, la Somme n’étant pas considérable
Agreez, Je vous prie, les assurances du profond respect avec lequel j’ai l’honneur d’étre
N. G. Dufief
Editors’ Translation
Philadelphia 1 September. 1814
Sir,
I have been unable so far to obtain for you the work by Evanson. I will continue to look for it. You must have already received the first and second volumes of my dictionary and the history of the Shakers
Several people came to see me, after receiving your letters, to ask for the small sums due them. I have promised to pay them as soon as Mr. Gibson (to whom I wrote in response to a letter in which he asked me how he should send the money) provides me with a draft on Philadelphia or bank notes from this city or New York, which he can easily obtain in Richmond, the amount not being very large
Please accept the assurances of the profound respect with which I have the honor to be
N. G. Dufief
RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ as received 9 Sept. 1814 and so recorded in SJL. Translation by Dr. Genevieve Moene.
Index Entries
- An Account of the People called Shakers (T. Brown) search
- A New Universal and Pronouncing Dictionary of the French and English Languages (N. G. Dufief) search
- books; dictionaries search
- books; on religion search
- books; sent by N. G. Dufief search
- Brown, Thomas; An Account of the People called Shakers search
- Dufief, Nicolas Gouin; A New Universal and Pronouncing Dictionary of the French and English Languages search
- Dufief, Nicolas Gouin; letters from search
- Dufief, Nicolas Gouin; makes payments for TJ search
- Dufief, Nicolas Gouin; TJ orders books from search
- Evanson, Edward; The Dissonance of the four Generally Received Evangelists, and the Evidence of their Respective Authenticity Examined search
- French language; letters in, from; N. G. Dufief search
- Gibson, Patrick; payments made for TJ search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; orders books search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Business & Financial Affairs; account with N. G. Dufief search
- religion; works on search
- The Dissonance of the four Generally Received Evangelists, and the Evidence of their Respective Authenticity Examined (E. Evanson) search