Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Russell-Greaves, 4 January 1789

From Thomas Russell-Greaves

Nîmes, 4 Jan. 1789. Has changed his intention of going to the North of France. “The severity of the winter here … induces me to search in the milder atmosphere of Italy … the reestablishment of my health; an happiness denied me in this Country.” Will leave in a few days for Marseilles; requests letters of introduction for Rome or Naples.

RC (DLC); 2 p.; endorsed: “Graves Thos. Russell.” Recorded in SJL as received 18 Jan. 1789.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Russell-Greaves, 4 January 1789
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    Russell-Greaves, Thomas
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    4 January 1789

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Russell-Greaves, 4 January 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-14-02-0189. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 14, 8 October 1788 – 26 March 1789, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1958, p. 413.]

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