Peter S. Du Ponceau to Thomas Jefferson, 14 December 1820

From Peter S. Du Ponceau

Philadelphia 14 Decr 1820

Mr Du Ponceau presents his respects to Mr Jefferson, & has the honor of Sending to him at the request of Mr Pickering a corrected sheet of his Essay on an uniform Orthography of Indian languages, to be Substituted for the Same Signature in the copy formerly Sent, which is now cancelled.

RC (DLC); dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 21 Dec. 1820 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: portion, not found, of John Pickering, An Essay on a Uniform Orthography for the Indian Languages of North America (Cambridge, Mass., 1820).

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Peter S. Du Ponceau to Thomas Jefferson, 14 December 1820
Author: Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 14 December 1820

Reference

Cite as: “Peter S. Du Ponceau to Thomas Jefferson, 14 December 1820,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-16-02-0381. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 16, 1 June 1820 to 28 February 1821, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2019, p. 459.]

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