1From Thomas Jefferson to John Banister, Jr., 16 August 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
I have been favoured with yours of the 1st. inst. which relieved me from a great deal of anxiety, your former letter having mentioned that you found yourself worse at Lyons, and being quite uninformed afterwards. I suppose you to be now at Avignon, by the post mark, for you omitted to date the place from whence you wrote. Be so good as to favor me with your address that I may know how to...
2From Thomas Jefferson to John Banister, Jr., 15 October 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
I should sooner have answered the paragraph in your favor of Sep. 19. respecting the best seminary for the education of youth in Europe, but that it was necessary for me to make enquiries on the subject. The result of these has been to consider the competition as resting between Geneva and Rome. They are equally cheap, and probably are equal in the course of education pursued. The advantage of...