Thomas Jefferson to John Vaughan, 20 April 1821
To John Vaughan
Monticello Apr. 20. 21.
Dear Sir
I wrote you two letters yesterday, the one direct, the other thro’ Capt Peyton. after sending them to the post office the messenger brought me in return yours of the 12th. I never recieved from you either the 6. vols of the Dictionnaire of Nat. history, nor the two missing of the Dictionnaire medicale. to this information I add my friendly and respectful salutations.
Th: Jefferson
PoC (MHi); on verso of reused address cover of Jesse Wharton to TJ, 25 Sept. 1820; at foot of text: “Mr Vaughan”; endorsed by TJ.
TJ’s direct letter of 19 Apr. 1821 to Vaughan, not found, was recorded in SJL with the additional bracketed notation: “covering lre to T. Appleton.”
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