1Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Whittemore, 5 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you, Sir, for the pamphlets you have been so kind as to send me, and am happy to learn that the doctrine of Jesus , that there is but one God, is advancing prosperously among our fellow-citizens. had his doctrines, pure as they came from himself, been never sophisticated for unworthy purposes, the whole civilised world would at this day have formed but a single sect. you ask my opinion...
2Thomas Jefferson to Charles W. Goldsborough, 5 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of May 22. is duly recieved and calls for my acknolegements of it’s kind expressions towards myself. I assure you with truth that your disavowal of the slanders of the Pseudo- Native of Virginia was not necessary to satisfy me that you are free from that imputation. the real author is too exactly known to me from particular information, as well as from the internal evidence of his...
3Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 5 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote to you on the 26 th of Apr. requesting you to send me the Herodotus 3. v. Thucydides 2. v. Xenophon 5. v. & Plutarch 6. v. of the same format in 16 s with the Dion Cassius formerly sent me. the letter may have miscarried, or the books may have been sold. a line of information, to settle my expectations will be recieved as a favor. in the mean time accept my salutations of esteem and...
4Thomas Jefferson to Elizabeth Chase, 5 June 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to miss Chace for the volume she has been so kind as to send him by the hands of his grandaughter Ellen Randolph . it brings together many excellent morsels of morality, and others addressed to the finest feelings of the human heart; and, with his thanks he prays her to accept the assurance of his high respect. PoC ( MHi ); on verso of reused address cover to...