1Thomas Jefferson to John Wayles Baker, 19 January 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Yours of Dec. 8. came safely to hand and I was glad to learn you were seated at Columbia . that institution will have sustained a great loss in mr Elliot ; but I still think you will be better there than any where else that I know of. with respect to your pursuits I cannot advise them with precision; because I do not know whether you are so far advanced in classic science as that you may...