1Burgess Allison to Thomas Jefferson, 25 November 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
Knowing that every improvement in the Arts & Sciences, which tends to promote the happiness or comfort of mankind, always gives you pleasure, I have taken the liberty of sending you the enclosed Pamphlet, exhibiting an improvement in Naval Architecture. M r Annesley the Author was a particular acquaintance of mine before he went to Europe , which was about two years ago. He had built a small...