John Vaughan to Thomas Jefferson, 8 June 1812
From John Vaughan
Philad. 8 June 1812
D sir
By the Stage to Fredericksburg to care of Benson to whom I write by mail I Send a Box containing LeSage—Destut Tracy 3 Vol & a Box I believe of Seeds Sent by Mr Warden received by the Hornet — Mr Correa is much indebted to your Kindness, & hopes to have the pleasure of paying you a Visit if political events permit his remaining & the Communication1 remains open with Lisbon & Brasil—otherwise we unfortunately lose him—I remain with great respects &c
Jn Vaughan
RC (MHi); at head of text: “Thomas Jefferson Monticello”; endorsed by TJ as received 17 June 1812 and so recorded in SJL.
1. Manuscript: “Comnunication.”
Index Entries
- Benson, John; Fredericksburg postmaster search
- Corrêa da Serra, José; J. Vaughan on search
- Corrêa da Serra, José; proposed visit of search
- Destutt de Tracy, Antoine Louis Claude; Élémens d’Idéologie search
- Élémens d’Idéologie (Destutt de Tracy) search
- Fredericksburg, Va.; J. Benson (postmaster) search
- Genealogical, chronological, historical, and geographical atlas (Las Cases) search
- Hornet, USS (sloop) search
- Las Cases, Emmanuel Auguste Dieudonné Marin Joseph, comte de (A. Le Sage); Genealogical, chronological, historical, and geographical atlas search
- Vaughan, John; letters from search
- Vaughan, John; librarian of American Philosophical Society search
- Warden, David Bailie; sends seeds to TJ search