Thomas Jefferson to Thomas J. Gantt, 9 September 1821
To Thomas J. Gantt
Sep. 9. 21.
Th:J. returns his thanks to mr Gantt and the 76. associan for the copies they have been so good as to send him of the orations of mr Elliott and mr Ramsay, & especially for the kindness of their expressions towds himself. if the times in which his lot happd to be cast have put some oppties in his way1 of bearing testimony to good principles he is abundantly rewarded by the zeal with which they are cherished by those to whom they are now commd. inculcated with the animn & eloquence of mr E. & mr R. they cannot fail to make deep & just impression on the minds of their hearers, he prays mr Gantt & the 76. assocn to accept the assurance of his high respect
Dft (MHi); dateline at foot of text; on verso of RC of Gantt to TJ, 24 Aug. 1821.
1. Reworked from “have given him the oppty.”
Index Entries
- An Address delivered on the Fourth of July, 1820, by appointment of the ’76 Association (D. Ramsay) search
- An Oration, delivered in St. Philip’s Church, Charleston, South-Carolina, on the Fourth of July, 1821; before the ’76 Association (T. O. Elliott) search
- Charleston, S.C.; Seventy-Six Association search
- Elliott, Thomas Odingsell; An Oration, delivered in St. Philip’s Church, Charleston, South-Carolina, on the Fourth of July, 1821; before the ’76 Association search
- Fourth of July; orations search
- Gantt, Thomas John; letter to search
- Gantt, Thomas John; sends works to TJ search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; works sent to search
- Ramsay, David (1795–1826); An Address delivered on the Fourth of July, 1820, by appointment of the ’76 Association search
- Seventy-Six Association (Charleston, S.C.); forwards orations search