Henry Wheaton to Thomas Jefferson, 17 January 1812

From Henry Wheaton

Providence, R.I. 17. Jan. 1812.

Sir,

I beg your attention to the enclosed Address, written by a friend, and which as I know you to be sensibly alive to everything which concerns the welfare of science, I flatter myself you will read not without pleasure—as it indicates the growing respectability of the healing art among us.

With my prayers for the continuance of your life and health I remain sincerely with great respect your humble servant, and admirer.

Henry Wheaton.

RC (DLC); addressed: “The Hon. Thomas Jefferson Monticello” and “Mail”; franked; postmarked Providence, 22 Jan.; endorsed by TJ as received 2 Feb. 1812 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure not found, assigned Sowerby no. 988 and unidentified there as well.

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Title: Henry Wheaton to Thomas Jefferson, 17 January 1812
Author: Wheaton, Henry
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 17 January 1812

Reference

Cite as: “Henry Wheaton to Thomas Jefferson, 17 January 1812,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-04-02-0330. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 4, 18 June 1811 to 30 April 1812, ed. J. Jefferson Looney. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007, pp. 422–423.]

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