Donald Fraser to Thomas Jefferson, 15 December 1812
From Donald Fraser
New York Decr 15. 1812
Venerable Sir
I am about publishing a work, which may prove of some utility to the community—Governor Tompkins, Hon. John Jay, Hon. DeWitt Clinton & all the Clergy in this City have subscribed for it:—I would be glad to obtain the Weight of your name likewise.—
I have the Honour to be, with high respect, & Gratitude, Sir, your humble Servant.
D. Fraser
RC (MHi); dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 25 Dec. 1812 and so recorded in SJL.
Fraser’s proposed work, evidently never published, may have been a revision of his Collection of Select Biography: or, the Bulwark of Truth (New York, 1798), which included essays on the lives of “eminent Laymen… whether distinguished as Statesmen, Patriots, Philosophers, &c.”
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