11Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 12 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 3 d was received on the 10 th . I was at the time & now am engageg engaged in the sale of the produce of my farms of the last year which will be soon accomplished and your balance shall be remitted, say in the course of the present month. it should not have waited till now but for the unexampled drought from June last which kept the river which carries our produce to market,...
12Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 30 September 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Aug. 23. was rec d on the 6 th inst, and I have so thus long waited to remit my balance, and of 13.97 endeavoring to get bills of the US. bank . it was not till the day before yesterday I could get them, for they are rarely seen in circulation in our country situation. I now inclose 15.D in that currency. should you meet with one of Planche ’s lexicons Gr. & Fr. remember me. I...
13Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 27 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you on the 23 d inclosing 72.D. the amount of my account. I have now to request you to procure me a copy of Aeschylus with a Latin translation, the Latin on distinct leaves both recto and verso: because I wish to interleave them in the edition of du Theil . an 8 vo would be best, but 12 mo might do if an 8 vo edn can not be found. I care nothing about binding, or the Greek leaves, as...
14Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 26 April 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I am so well satisfied with the Leipsic Dion Cassius in 16 s that I shall be glad to recieve also the Herodotus 3. v. Thucydides 2. v. Xenophon 5. v. Plutarch
15Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, [20 June 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
I was in hopes my letter of the 6 th would have got to hand with that of the 5 th and saved the trouble of yours of the 10 th . the whole has proceeded from the mail-delay of that of May 11. which did not come to hand until June 6 . all however is now right, the books are recieved, and I have this day desired Col o
16Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 3 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return from a journey I found here your favor of April 19. and also the Scapula safely arrived. I shall be glad to recieve further from you the Diodoro Siculo . 2. v. 4 to and the Lexicon of Sanxay , if you can part with it separately. it is certainly not a connected part of the edition of Aristophanes , which I possess having been separately bought. these be 4
17From Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 7 December 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
The 1 st vol. of Aristotle is recieved as the 2 d I doubt not will soon be. I shall be glad to recieve the 4. additional vol s of Las Casas, 12 mo in boards. if a French copy of Mad e Campon’s, memoirs is to be had, be so good as to send it to me, and to let that come first, as the sending by successive mails is always to be observed. I am afraid I shall trespass too much on your kindness in...
18Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 4 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
What I said in my letter on the subject of Grimm , was really not meant to draw from you a reduction of price as I rarely ask for le dernier mot ; but as you have had the complaisance to offer an abatement, I will take the book at the price of 34.50 D proposed by you . be so good as to send it by water through Cap t Bernard Peyton as before, and if you will send me a statement of my account as...
19Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 23 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
According to promise in mine of the 12 th inst. I now inclose you 72.D. to answer my balance to you of 71.D. the difference is meant to cover the discount with you on our Virginia bills. as some anxieties attend remittances by mail I will request an assurance that this gets safely to your hands. I salute you with great esteem & respect. RC (facsimile in The Rendells, Inc., Newton, Mass. ,...
20Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 12 June 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Being engaged at this time in reading Euripides the possession of Potter ’s translation is of much more importance now than at any future day. I must therefore relinquish the objection of price, and pray you to send me the copy you have, stated at 10.D. if well wrapped in strong paper, and each volum e singly, it will come safely by the mail, only observing an interval of 4. days between the...