Theodorus Bailey to Thomas Jefferson, 21 August 1821
From Theodorus Bailey
Newyork 21. Augt 1821.
Dear sir,
I have been duly favored with your note under date of the 14th instant: In obedience to your wishes I have given your letter to Mr Rush the earliest conveyance, by the Ship Braganza, bound to Liverpool, which is to sail this day. I was unwilling to detain it for the British Packet, as she will not depart till about the tenth of next month.—
I pray you to accept of a Copy, of Mr Arden’s translation of the first book of Ovid’s Tristia, in heroic english verse, with the original Text; which I send herewith.—The Translator was born & educated in this city.
Theodorus Bailey.
RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 6 Sept. 1821 and so recorded in SJL. RC (MHi); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to Bernard Peyton, 6 Nov. 1822, on verso; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esquire Monticello Virga”; franked; postmarked New York, 21 Aug. Enclosure: Francis Arden, A Translation of the First Book of Ovid’s Tristia, in Heroic English Verse; with the Original Text (New York, 1821; 12 [no. 784]).
For TJ’s letter to Bailey under date of the 14th Aug. 1821, see note to TJ to Richard Rush, 14 Aug. 1821.
Index Entries
- Arden, Francis; A Translation of the First Book of Ovid’s Tristia, in Heroic English Verse; with the Original Text search
- A Translation of the First Book of Ovid’s Tristia, in Heroic English Verse; with the Original Text (F. Arden) search
- Bailey, Theodorus; forwards letters for TJ search
- Bailey, Theodorus; letters from search
- Bailey, Theodorus; sends works to TJ search
- Braganza (ship) search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; works sent to search
- Ovid; A Translation of the First Book of Ovid’s Tristia, in Heroic English Verse; with the Original Text (F. Arden) search
- Rush, Richard; letters forwarded to search