Josiah Meigs to Thomas Jefferson, 12 October 1818
From Josiah Meigs
Washington City Oct. 12. 1818.
Sir,
I have the honour to present, with this, two Copies of Abstracts of Calculations to ascertain the Longitude of the Capitol.—and I take the liberty to express a wish that further efforts may be made to effect this object—
A private Citizen, of the illustrious character of Mr Jefferson, can give to every useful object an impulse which multitudes could not effect.
Josiah Meigs
RC (DLC); at foot of text: “Thomas Jefferson, Esq.”; endorsed by TJ as received 22 Oct. 1818 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: William Lambert, Abstracts of Calculations, to ascertain the Longitude of the Capitol, in the City of Washington, from Greenwich Observatory, in England (Washington, 1817; , 7 [no. 303]; TJ’s copy in MBPLi, inscribed “Josiah Meigs to Thomas Jefferson, Esq, October 2, 1818”; for another copy, see Lambert to TJ, 10 Oct. 1817).
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