RC (DLC); at head of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esq”; endorsed by TJ as received 25 Dec. 1812 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosures: (1) Melish, Travels description begins John Melish, Travels in the United States of America, in the Years 1806 & 1807, and 1809, 1810, & 1811; including an account of passages betwixt America and Britain, and Travels through Various Parts of Great Britain, Ireland, and Upper Canada, Philadelphia, 1812, 2 vols.; Sowerby, no. 4034 description ends . (2) Melish, Map of the Seat of War in North America (Philadelphia, 1812). (3) Melish, A Description of the British Possessions in North America, and of the most important places along the lines in the United States: intended as an accompaniment to Melish’s Map of the Seat of War in North America (Philadelphia, 1812).