Alexander von Humboldt to Thomas Jefferson, 26 December 1811
From Alexander von Humboldt
Paris à l’Observatoire
Rue St Jacques ce 26 Dec 1811.
Pour ne pas ouvrir une longue lettre que j’ai eu l’honneur de Vous adresser par l’intremise de Mr Correa, j’ose Vous ecrire une seconde fois, pour Vous incommoder d’une priere. Auriez-Vous la grace, Monsieur, de m’envoyer par Monsieur Barlow dix livres de graines de tabac de Virginie et 4 livres de tabac de Maryland. C’est un cadeau de la plus haute importance pour moi Daignez agreer l’assurance reiterer de mon attachement respectueux et de ma veneration profonde.
Humboldt.
Editors’ Translation
Paris at the Observatory
Rue St. Jacques 26 Dec. 1811.
So as not to open a long letter that I had the honor of addressing to you through Mr. Corrêa, I dare to write a second time and inconvenience you with a request. Would you be so good, Sir, as to send me through Mr. Barlow ten pounds of tobacco seed from Virginia and 4 pounds from Maryland? This gift is of the utmost importance to me. Please accept the repeated assurance of my respectful attachment and deepest veneration.
Humboldt.
RC (ICN: Thomas Jefferson Letters); dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 31 July 1813 and so recorded (with additional notation: “by Mr Correa de Serra”) in SJL. This document, located after the pertinent chronological volume was published, will appear in the concluding supplement to the print edition.
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