From Thomas Jefferson to Margaret Bayard Smith, 2 November 1808
Nov. 2. 08.
Th: Jefferson presents his respectful & friendly salutations to mrs Smith, and recollecting her mention of a recipe for the whooping cough which she had lately recieved under high recommendation, asks the favor of a communication of it, for a trial with two or three children in the family who have that disease.
Privately owned.