Thomas Jefferson to James F. Dana, 9 October 1822
To James F. Dana
Monticello Oct. 9. 22.
Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to Dr Dana for his two pamphlets on the disease of cattle in a particular district and on the new1 invention of a waterburner. age having long withdrawn him from the pursuits of agriculture, he cannot better dispose of the former than by presenting it to a very able agricultural society of this section of country, whereof mr Madison is President. with his thanks for this mark of attention he assures Dr Dana of his high respect.
RC (ViU: TJP); dateline at foot of text. PoC (MHi); on verso of reused address cover of William H. Crawford to TJ, 18 July 1821; endorsed by TJ.
James Madison was president of the Agricultural Society of Albemarle.
1. Word interlined.
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- Agricultural Society of Albemarle; officers of search
- Agricultural Society of Albemarle; TJ forwards works to search
- cattle; books on search
- Dana, James Freeman; letter to search
- Dana, James Freeman; Observations and Experiments On a new means of producing heat and light with the apparatus called the ‘American Water Burner’ search
- Dana, James Freeman; Report on a Disease afflicting Neat Cattle, in Burton, N.H., read before the New Hampshire Medical Society … June, 1822 search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; receives works search
- Madison, James (1751–1836); and Agricultural Society of Albemarle search
- Observations and Experiments On a new means of producing heat and light with the apparatus called the ‘American Water Burner’ (J. F. Dana) search
- Report on a Disease afflicting Neat Cattle, in Burton, N.H., read before the New Hampshire Medical Society … June, 1822 (J. F. Dana) search