A. & J. W. Picket to Thomas Jefferson, 10 September 1821
From A. & J. W. Picket
Baltimore, m.d. Sept 10, 1821
Honoured sir,
We address you on a Subject of vital importance; we mean the Subject of Female Education, which in our opinion has not received that attention which its intrinsic value merits.—To benefit, & place it on a more permanent basis, as far as our capabilities will allow, we intend to apply to the Legislature of mary land, at its next session, for means to erect a Female College. The importance of such an Institution is universally seen & felt. It would, if properly conducted, tend greatly to the advantage of Female education, &, perhaps, be a means of bringing into existence in the various states, more of a Similar nature.
Deeming it useless to remark on a Subject, to which you must have given much attention, we close with the request, that you will honour us with your opinion, of Such an establishment, as soon as convenient.
A. & J. W. Picket.
RC (MHi); in an unidentified hand, with closing and signature in a different unidentified hand; endorsed by TJ as received 16 Sept. 1821 and so recorded in SJL. RC (DLC); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to Benjamin King, 12 Dec. 1822, on verso; addressed in a third unidentified hand: “To The Honourable Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, Virginia”; stamped; postmarked Baltimore, 10 Sept.
An apparently unsuccessful petition presented to the legislature of mary land on 5 Dec. 1821 by “Albert Picket and others, of the City of Baltimore,” requested permission for a lottery “for the Establishment of a Female Academy” (Votes and Proceedings of the General Assembly of the State of Maryland, at December Session, 1821 [Annapolis, (1822)], 7).
A letter of this date on the same subject was written to James Madison and signed by Albert Picket Sr., John W. Picket, and Albert Picket Jr. A similar letter to John Adams dated Baltimore, 8 Oct. 1821, was signed “A. & J. W. Picket” (Madison, Papers, Retirement Ser., 2:380–1; MHi: Adams Papers).
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