1From Thomas Jefferson to Peter Birkman, 30 May 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you, Sir, for your chart of German grammar simplified, which I shall preserve for the use of our Univ ty whenever it shall be opened. this depending on future acts of our legislature, renders it indefinite in point of time, it has often been a subject of regret to me that I never learned the German language, now among the richest depositories of human science: I regret it particularly...