Anigma by Mr. Canning: There is a word of Plural number, Foe to peace, and tranquil slumber; From , any word you chance to take, By adding S. You plural make; But if to this word , You add an S , Strange is the metamorphosis; Plural is plural, then no more, And Sweet, what bitter was before. Solution— Though bitter
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3From James Madison to James P. Morris, 1 August 1823 (letter not found) (Madison Papers)
¶ To James P. Morris. Letter not found. 1 August 1823. Listed in American Book Prices Current (1968), 1179, as a one-page, third-person letter, “thanking his correspondent for copies of the latter’s oration before the Agricultural Society of Bucks County.”
4From Thomas Jefferson to I. J. Chapman, 1 August 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson just recovering from a recent illness borrows the pen of another to thank Cap t Chapman for the kind interest he appears to take in what concerns our embrio University. he is indebted to him for many useful ideas gathered from Peter’s letters to his kinsfolk, and is certain he shall find much of the information he seeks in Russel’s View of the system of education in the...
5To Thomas Jefferson from Abner Kneeland, 1 August 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Tho s Jefferson to A. Kneeland D r To Greek and English Testament bound 3.75 Rec d paym t DLC : Papers of Thomas Jefferson.
6From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Lehré, 1 August 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Age and debility after a recent illness oblige Th: Jefferson to borrow the pen of another to thank Col o Lehré for his kind letter of July 5. to assure him of the gratification it affords him to learn that those who have thought well of him continue their kind dispositions and that those who have thought otherwise begin to change opinions. he never had a wish but for the good of all his...
7From Thomas Jefferson to James Pemberton Morris, 1 August 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson is obliged to borrow the hand of another to return his thanks to mr Morris for his address to the agricultural society of Bucks county. a distinct account of the Fellenbourg plan of instruction in agriculture will be acceptable, as a valuable associate with the ordinary plan of instructing young gentlemen landholders before they leave the University in the principles of...