Joseph Milligan to Thomas Jefferson, 12 October 1814
From Joseph Milligan
Georgetown Oct 12th 1814
Dear Sir
By this days Stage I have sent you a Box containing
7th & 8th Ornithology
6 Jeffersons Manual
1 Herodotus 4 vols
1 Southeys Life of Nelson
and
Sundries for Mrs Randolph and Children
The Box is sent to the care of William F Gray Bookseller of Fredericksburg via1
Joseph Milligan
RC (DLC); at foot of text: “Thos Jefferson Esqr”; endorsed by TJ as received 14 Oct. 1814 and so recorded in SJL.
ornithology: TJ sold all nine volumes of Alexander Wilson’s American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States (Philadelphia, 1808–14; no. 1022) to Congress. However, he retained William Beloe’s annotated English translation of The History of Herodotus, 4 vols. (London, 1791, and later eds.; , 3 [no. 6]) and Robert Southey’s The Life of Nelson (London, 1813, and later eds.; , 4 [no. 110]).
1. Abbreviation for “Virginia.”
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- A Manual of Parliamentary Practice (Thomas Jefferson); and J. Milligan search
- American Ornithology (A. Wilson) search
- Beloe, William; The History of Herodotus search
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- Gray, William Fairfax; and transmission of packages to and from TJ search
- Herodotus; W. Beloe’s translation of search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; works sent to search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Writings; Manual of Parliamentary Practice search
- Milligan, Joseph; letters from search
- Milligan, Joseph; sends books to TJ search
- natural history; books on search
- Nelson, Horatio, Viscount; biographies of search
- Randolph, Martha Jefferson (Patsy; TJ’s daughter; Thomas Mann Randolph’s wife); books sent to search
- Randolph, Martha Jefferson (Patsy; TJ’s daughter; Thomas Mann Randolph’s wife); children of search
- Southey, Robert; The Life of Nelson search
- The History of Herodotus (trans. W. Beloe) search
- The Life of Nelson (R. Southey) search
- Wilson, Alexander; American Ornithology search