Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from John Taylor, 1 July 1804

From John Taylor

Virga. Caroline July 1. 1804

Dear Sir

I herewith send you the Swedish turnip seed promised. This species of turnip seems to me to require earlier sowing than the common kind, to be drilled and cultivated. Accept the highest esteem and respect, of, Sir,

Yr: mo: obt: St.

John Taylor

RC (ViU); endorsed by TJ as received 5 July, but recorded in SJL as received 6 July.

TJ had introduced the Swedish turnip, or rutabaga, to Taylor in 1795, and tried to cultivate it at Monticello throughout his life (Betts, Garden Book description begins Edwin M. Betts, ed., Thomas Jefferson’s Garden Book, 1766-1824, Philadelphia, 1944 description ends , 390, 443, 565, 594; RS description begins J. Jefferson Looney and others, eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Princeton, 2004- , 15 vols. description ends 2:481-2; Vol. 28:383-4).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from John Taylor, 1 July 1804
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    Taylor, John
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    1 July 1804

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from John Taylor, 1 July 1804,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-44-02-0007. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 44, 1 July to 10 November 1804, ed. James P. McClure. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019, pp. 13–14.]

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