Fernagus De Gelone to Thomas Jefferson, 15 March 1817
From Fernagus De Gelone
New York March 15th 1817.
Sir
In answer to your orders, I direct to you this day, per schooner Astrea, bound to Richmond, as will appear to you in the herein inclosed bill of lading, a box the direction of which is: Thomas Jefferson, Esqre Monticello, Milton Va, Care of Mess. Gibson & Jefferson, Richmond Va it contains
| 1. Copy of hippocrate. 4 8vo Sewed | $8.00 | |
| 1— Archimède de Peyrard. 2. 8vo do | 4.50 | |
| $12.50 | ||
| (these 12 dollars 50 cents, I have received.) | ||
| It contains, according to your order, also— | ||
| 1 Conquista de Mexico, Solis, 3. 8vo Sewed Spanish | $6.50 | |
| 1. tragedies d’Euripide, par Prevost. 4. 12mo Sewed in prose | 3.00 | |
| 1. Description et usage du Cercle de refléxion—par Borda. 1 Small 4to tables of logarithms—and plates | 3.50 | |
| $13.00 | ||
I am most respectfully Sir Your humble obedient Servant
J. Louis Fernagus De Gelone.
RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 23 Mar. 1817 and so recorded in SJL; with additional notation by TJ beneath endorsement: “13.D.” RC (MHi); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to Patrick Gibson, 24 May 1817, on verso; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esqre Monticello. Milton Va”; franked; postmarked New York, 15 Mar. Enclosure not found.
Index Entries
- Archimedes; Œuvres d’Archimède (trans. F. Peyrard) search
- Astrea (schooner) search
- books; sent by Fernagus De Gelone search
- Borda, Jean Charles de; Description Et Usage Du Cercle De Réflexion search
- Borda’s circle (surveying instrument) search
- Description et Usage du Cercle de Réflexion (J. C. de Borda) search
- Euripides; Les Tragédies d’Euripide (trans. P. Prévost) search
- Fernagus De Gelone, Jean Louis; letters from search
- Gardeil, Jean Baptiste; translatesTraduction des œuvres médicales d’Hippocrate, sur le texte grec, d’après l’édition de Foës (ed. D. J. Tournon) search
- Gibson & Jefferson (Richmond firm); and books acquired by TJ search
- Hippocrates (Greek physician); Traduction des œuvres médicales d’Hippocrate, sur le texte grec, d’après l’édition de Foës (ed. D. J. Tournon; trans. J. B. Gardeil) search
- Historia de la Conquista de Mexico, poblacion, y progresos de la America Septentrional, conocida por el nombre de Nueva España (A. de Solís y Rivadeneira) search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; works sent to search
- Les Tragédies d’Euripide (Euripides; trans. P. Prévost) search
- Œuvres d’Archimède (trans. F. Peyrard) search
- Peyrard, François; translatesŒuvres d’Archimède (Archimedes) search
- Prévost, Pierre; translatesLes Tragédies d’Euripide (Euripides) search
- Solís y Rivadeneira, Antonio de; Historia de la Conquista de Mexico, poblacion, y Progresos de la America Septentrional, conocida por el nombre de Nueva España search
- Spanish language; works in search
- Tournon, Dominique Jérôme; editsTraduction des œuvres médicales d’Hippocrate, sur le texte grec, d’après l’édition de Foës search
- Traduction des œuvres médicales d’Hippocrate, sur le texte grec, d’après l’édition de Foës (Hippocrates; ed. D. J. Tournon; trans. J. B. Gardeil) search