William Lambert to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1822
From William Lambert
City of Washington, March 18th 1822.
Sir,
I have the honor to inclose herewith, two printed copies of a report made to the President of the United States, relative to the latitude of the Capitol in this city, and to its longitude from Paris and Greenwich Observatories, in Europe; one of which is respectfully offered to your acceptance; the other, you will please to present to the president, or other proper officer at the seminary of learning near Charlottesville, for the use of that institution.
William Lambert.
RC (DLC); at foot of text: “Honble Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Virginia”; endorsed by TJ as received 24 Mar. 1822 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: two copies of Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a Report of William Lambert, on the subject of the Longitude of the Capitol of the United States. January 9, 1822 (Washington, 1822).
Lambert sent copies of the same report to John Adams and James Madison in letters dated 8 Apr. 1822 (MHi: Adams Papers; Madison, Papers, Retirement Ser., 2:503).
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- Adams, John; works sent to search
- Capitol, U.S.; latitude and longitude measurements at search
- Greenwich Observatory, England; and prime meridian search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; works sent to search
- Lambert, William; andMessage from the President of the United States, transmitting a Report of William Lambert, on the subject of the Longitude of the Capitol of the United States. January 9, 1822 search
- Lambert, William; and University of Virginia search
- Lambert, William; calculates latitude and longitude of U.S. Capitol search
- Lambert, William; letters from search
- latitude; calculations for U.S. Capitol search
- longitude; calculations for U.S. Capitol search
- Madison, James (1751–1836); works sent to search
- Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a Report of William Lambert, on the subject of the Longitude of the Capitol of the United States. January 9, 1822 (1822; J. Monroe) search
- Monroe, James (1758–1831); presidency of search
- Paris; observatory at search
- Virginia, University of; Books and Library; books and manuscripts for search