II. Estimate for Printing Notes on Virginia by Polytype, [1786]
II. Estimate for Printing Notes on Virginia by Polytype
L’Ouvrage de Monsieur Jefferson, pourra revenir en Composition en anglois, in Octavo, Tirage de Quinze Cents Exemplaires, Planches polytypeés rendues en toute proprieté, Cinquante huit livres la feuille, s’il n’y a pas de Nottes et Soixante livres s’il y en a. Le Papier est un objet Separé et le prix sera relatif à sa beauté.
MS (MHi); endorsed by TJ; “Printing Polytype printing.” The handwriting seems to be the same as that employed in the polytype printing of Lafayette’s “Avis au Comité” (see Lafayette to TJ, 19 Mch. 1786) and very probably is that of Hoffman himself. The document is not dated, but must have been written during the latter part of 1786 when TJ was contemplating an English edition of Notes on Virginia. See TJ to Stockdale, 8 Dec. 1786.