Thomas Jefferson to Arsène Lacarrière Latour, 26 October 1815
To Arsène Lacarrière Latour
Monticello Oct. 26. 15.
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to Major Carriere La Tour, acknoleges the receipt of the Prospectus of his history of the war of Louisiana & West Florida, and asks leave to subscribe for a copy. should it be published in the original language, he would prefer that. he salutes him with respect
RC (LNHiC: Latour Archive); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “Majr A. Carriere Latour Philadelphia”; franked; postmarked Charlottesville, 1 Nov. PoC (MoSHi: TJC-BC); on verso of a reused address cover from Joseph Milligan to TJ; endorsed by TJ.
Latour’s work was published only in English, as Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814–15. With an Atlas (Philadelphia, 1816), and not in its original French.
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