Thomas Jefferson Papers

From Thomas Jefferson to Philippe Reibelt, 15 February 1805

To Philippe Reibelt

Washington Feb. 15. 05.

Sir

One of my family has desired me to procure the following books, some of which I find in your different catalogues, and the others it is probable you have, and I will therefore ask you to forward by the stage.

Les oeuvres de Moliere. } editions in-18o will be preferred
des Corneilles
de Racine
Milton’s Paradise lost. see Catalogue No. 111. pa. 7.
Lucrece de la Grange. in the 4to. catalogue [. . .] 2. v. [. . .]
Seneque de la Grange
Anacharsis de Barthelemy
 
Gibbons’ Decline of the Roman empire. English. Catalogue Auteurs Anglais pa. 2.

Accept my salutations.

Th: Jefferson

PoC (DLC); faint; at foot of text: “Mr. Reibelt”; endorsed by TJ.

Anacharsis de Barthelemy: Jean Jacques Barthélemy, Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce (Sowerby, description begins E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson, Washington, D.C., 1952-59, 5 vols. description ends No. 41).

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    From Thomas Jefferson to Philippe Reibelt, 15 February 1805
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    “From Thomas Jefferson to Philippe Reibelt, 15 February 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-45-02-0517. [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, pp. 515–516.]

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