Elkanah Watson to Thomas Jefferson, 3 May 1820
From Elkanah Watson
Albany. 3 May 1820
Sir
Having terminated my Canal and agricultural Labours, I take the liberty to enclose for your acceptance a work just published comprising a historical Sketch of these objects.
E Watson
RC (DLC); at foot of text: “Thos Jefferson Late President of the United States”; endorsed by TJ as received 11 May 1820 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: Watson, History of the Rise, Progress, and existing Condition of the Western Canals in the State of New-York … Together with the Rise, Progress, and existing State of Modern Agricultural Societies, On the Berkshire System (Albany, 1820; , 6 [no. 218]).
On this date Watson sent James Madison a similar letter and enclosure (Madison, Papers, Retirement Ser., 2:62).
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- agriculture; Berkshire Agricultural Society search
- Berkshire Agricultural Society; works on search
- books; on canals search
- canals; books on search
- History of the Rise, Progress, and existing Condition of the Western Canals in the State of New-York (E. Watson) search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; works sent to search
- Madison, James (1751–1836); works sent to search
- Watson, Elkanah; History of the Rise, Progress, and existing Condition of the Western Canals in the State of New-York search
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