1John Low to Thomas Jefferson, 9 January 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favour of the 27 th Dec r has this day come to hand, acknowledging the receipt of my two former letters from Washington .—I can assure you that you have certainly Subscribed for a Set of the Encyclopædia, and in your own hand writing.— In order to convince of the fact I shall take the liberty of calling upon M r Remsen , and M
2Enclosure: Certificate of Henry Remsen and David Gelston, 11 January 1812 (Jefferson Papers)
We have seen M r Jefferson’s name to a subscription for publishing a new Encyclopædia or Universal Dictionary of Arts & Sciences by John Low . It is the first on the subscription and we think it genuine. New York January 11 th 1812 Henry Remsen David Gelston MS ( DLC ); in Remsen’s hand, signed by Remsen and Gelston.