1Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Edmund Bacon, [ca. 1 May 1820], with Jefferson’s Note, 25 October 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
C r 1819 Received from John Wells $ 200 a horse 120 An Order on the mill for ofall 4 324 D r Sep r 22. 1820 1819
2Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 22 September 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved, on my return from Bedford your favor of the 5 th on the subject of a bookstore proposed by a friend of yours to be established at Charlottesville . I have been applied to by several booksellers, and have declined giving an opinion on the subject to any, because it would be matter of regret to have contributed to encorage an experiment, were it to prove unsuccesful. my own intention...
3Thomas Jefferson to Nathaniel F. Moore, 22 September 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you, Sir, for the Remarks on the pronuntiation of the Greek language which you have been so kind as to send me. I have read them with pleasure, as I had the pamphlet of mr Pickering on the same subject. this question has occupied long & learned enquiry, and cannot, as I apprehend, be ever positively decided. very early in my classical days I took up the idea that the antient Greek...
4Thomas Jefferson to John Pickering, 22 September 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson presents his compliments & his thanks to mr Pickering for the copy he has been so kind as to send him of his essay on the pronunciation of the Greek language. he had had the pleasure of perusing it before thro’ the kindness of mr Adams , in a letter to whom he expressed his sense of it’s merit, which letter, communicated (as he understands) to mr Pickering , will have informed...
5Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Silliman, 22 September 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I am very thankful, Sir, for the honor conferred on me by the American Geological society , of naming me as one of their original members. while I accept it with thankfulness, I must be allowed to consider it as a mark of good will which I highly value rather than as importing an expectation that I can contribute to their useful labors. age and distance refuse me this advantage, and still more...