Benjamin Smith Barton to Thomas Jefferson, 6 March 1815

From Benjamin Smith Barton

March 6. 1815.

Dear Sir,

I return one of the vols. of Persoon. The other shall follow in a few days. I greatly regret the long keeping. an unpleasant accident, which it is unnecessary to mention particularly, was the cause of my so long depriving you of these books. It will be very grateful to me to learn, from you, in any way you please, of the safe return of these1 vols. For the loan of them, I am very much obligd to you;

I am, Dear Sir, with very great respect, yours, &c.,

B. S. Barton.

RC (DLC); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “To Thomas Jefferson, Esq., Monticello, Virginia”; franked; postmarked Philadelphia, 7 Mar.; endorsed by TJ as received 16 Mar. 1815 from Philadelphia and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Synopsis Plantarum, seu Enchiridium Botanicum (Paris, 1805–07; Sowerby, description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, 1952–59, 5 vols. description ends no. 1073; Poor, Jefferson’s Library description begins Nathaniel P. Poor, Catalogue. President Jefferson’s Library, 1829 description ends , 6 [no. 277]), vol. 2.

1. Barton here canceled “books.”

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Source Project: Jefferson Papers
Title: Benjamin Smith Barton to Thomas Jefferson, 6 March 1815
Author: Barton, Benjamin Smith
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 6 March 1815

Reference

Cite as: “Benjamin Smith Barton to Thomas Jefferson, 6 March 1815,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-08-02-0251. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 8, 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011, p. 319.]

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