From Thomas Jefferson to P. & C. Roche, 1 June 1805
To P. & C. Roche
Washington June 1. 05.
Th: Jefferson presents his salutations to Messrs. Roche, freres, and acknoleges the reciept of the books they sent him with particular thanks for the Continuation of Montucla’s work. he prays them to send by the same conveyance the books below mentioned with a note of their prices, & the amount of the two parcels shall be immediately remitted.
Dictionnaire Portatif et de prononciation Esp. Franc. et Fr. Espagnol par Cormon. 2. v. 8vo.
Mer libre et Mer fermee par Champagne. 8vo.
Nouvel Antenor, ou voyages et avantures de Thrasybulle en Grece par Lantier. 8vo.
PoC (MHi); endorsed by TJ.
acknoleges the reciept: P. & C. Roche to TJ, 20 May.
J. L. Barthelemi Cormon was the author of Dictionnaire portatif et de prononciation Espagnol-Français et Français-Espagnol à l’usage des deux nations, published in Lyon in 1800 ( No. 4812).
Jean François Champagne wrote La mer libre, la mer fermé, ou Exposition et analyse du traité de Grotius, published in Paris in 1803 (same, No. 2115).
Nouvel Antenor: Louis Adrien Duperron de Castera translated Le nouvel Anténor, ou Voyages et aventures de Trasybulle en Grece: Ouvrage pouvant faire suite aux Voyages d’Anténor, par Lantier, which was published in Paris in 1803 (same, No. 4332).