To Thomas Jefferson from James Thomson Callender, 16 November 1799
From James Thomson Callender
Richmond Nov. 16. 1799.
Sir
I Gave Mr. Jefferson, Some days ago, from p. 9 to p. 48 inclusive of The Prospect, to be Sent to you. Having the opportunity of a private hand, I now Send forward 16 additional pages. There is much bad print in it.
I inclose the Copy of a plan which has ocurred here to Mr. James Lyon, and which if conducted with taste and perseverance, bids fairer than any other which I have yet seen, to shed the necessary rays of light over our political Atmosphere, at a trifling expence.
I am Sir with respect Your very obliged humble Servt
Jas. T. Callender.
RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ. Recorded in SJL as received 30 Nov. Enclosure not found, but see below.
The plan by James Lyon was probably that for the Friend of the People, which the editor envisioned as a political
newspaper to be published inexpensively in Richmond for general distribution by Republicans throughout the United States ( 172–3). For Lyon’s description of the paper and its purpose, see the New London Bee, 12 Feb. 1800.