To Thomas Jefferson from Philippe Reibelt, 7 January 1805
From Philippe Reibelt
Baltimore le 7 Janv. 1805.
Peut être, qu’il fera plaisir à Monsieur le President Jefferson, de parcourir çe petit Livre—ç’est a çet effet, que j’ai l’honneur de lui le presenter—avec mes profonds respects.
Reibelt
Editors’ Translation
Baltimore, 7 Jan. 1805
Perhaps President Jefferson would like to look at this small book. If so, I have the honor of sending it to him, with my deep respect.
Reibelt
RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ. Enclosure not identified, but see below.
petit Livre: given the short length, the work in question may have been Précis des expériences galvaniques faites récemment a Londres et a Calais, by the Italian physicist Giovanni Aldini. The pamphlet was published in 1803 in Paris by the Levrault firm, with which Reibelt was connected (Reibelt to TJ, 13 Nov. 1804; TJ to Reibelt, 9 Jan.).