Thomas Jefferson Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to John Davis, 8 March 1805

To John Davis

Washington Mar. 8.

Th: Jefferson presents his compliments to mr Davis and his thanks for the poem he sent him. he has subscribed with pleasure to his Indian tale.

PoC (DLC); endorsed by TJ.

poem: The Philadelphia Pursuits of Literature; see Davis to TJ, 1 Mch.

Davis recorded TJ first in his list of those who subscribed to his book (Captain Smith and Princess Pocahontas, An Indian Tale [Philadelphia, 1805], [159]; Davis to TJ, 16 Feb.).

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    From Thomas Jefferson to John Davis, 8 March 1805
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    Jefferson, Thomas
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    Davis, John
    Date
    8 March 1805

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    “From Thomas Jefferson to John Davis, 8 March 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-45-02-0674. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 45, 11 November 1804 to 8 March 1805, ed. James P. McClure et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021, p. 704.]

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