Thomas B. Parker to Thomas Jefferson, 12 April 1819
From Thomas B. Parker
Boston April 12. 1819.
Sir
I have just published a small work against the doctrines of Calvin and Hopkins and have taken the liberty to forward you a copy of it presuming you to be a friend to the great cause of truth.1 If I do not intrude on your retirement and if it is compatible2 with your numerous occupations be so obliging as to favor me with your opinion respecting the subject and merits of the work.—
Thomas B Parker
RC (DLC); at foot of text: “Honle Thomas Jefferson Monticello Virginia”; endorsed by TJ as received 1 May 1819 and so recorded in SJL.
The small work was “A Lover of the Truth” [Charles Prentiss?], The Trial: Calvin and Hopkins versus the Bible and Common Sense ([Boston, 1819]; , 9 [no. 534]).
1. Omitted period at right margin editorially supplied.
2. Reworked from “is not.”
Index Entries
- Calvin, John; as religious leader search
- Hopkins, Samuel; American theologian search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books and Library; works sent to search
- Parker, Thomas B.; letters from search
- Parker, Thomas B.; sends pamphlets to TJ search
- Prentiss, Charles; purported author ofThe Trial: Calvin and Hopkins versus the Bible and Common Sense (“A Lover of the Truth”) search
- religion; works on search
- The Trial: Calvin and Hopkins versus the Bible and Common Sense (“A Lover of the Truth” [C. Prentiss?]) search
- “A Lover of the Truth” [C. Prentiss?]; The Trial: Calvin and Hopkins versus the Bible and Common Sense search