David Bailie Warden to Thomas Jefferson, 25 March 1821
From David Bailie Warden
Paris, 25 march. 21.
Dear Sir,
your letter of the 26th of December last reached me through our legation about a fortnight since, and I have the pleasure of sending you the inclosed reply to parts of it from m. Botta, and the Book sellers De Bure. your Parisian friends regret to hear of the weak state of your health, and hope for the prolongation of a life so useful not only to the United States but to Europe—
your prediction is already verified. The Spirit of Independence has burst forth in different parts of Italy, and will sooner or later extend itself to other Countries. England afraid of the growing power of Russia, and displeased with Austria for the exclusion of English manufactures from her dominions, now manifests herself1 in favour of the Neapolitans, by advocating principles in direct opposition to those which She has supported during the last twenty years. The Holy Alliance is consequently dissolved, and each Sovereign furnished with new materials, will struggle for independence or for Conquest.
I send you a file of the Courrier, the last nos of which will give you some idea of the present situation of France. 2o Tableau Bibliographique des ouvrages en tous genres qui ont paru en France pendant l’anneé 1820. 3o Projet pour l’entreprise du Balayage 4o Circulaire pour la Revue Encyclopedique
I pray you to present my respects to mr & mrs Randolph. I am glad to find that he is governor of Virginia. I am, dear Sir, with great respect,
D. B. Warden
RC (DLC); at foot of text: “The Honbl Thomas Jefferson, Monticello”; endorsed by TJ as received 7 June 1821 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosures: (1) Carlo Botta to Warden, Rouen, 20 Mar. 1821, thanking Warden for forwarding an extract of a letter from TJ; stating that the third edition of Botta’s history of the American Revolution has been published in Milan and alerting Warden that he has sent a copy to the American Philosophical Society, of which Botta has been made a member; and adding that a fourth edition of the history is being printed in Milan (Tr in DLC: TJ Papers, 220:39236; entirely in Warden’s hand; in French; at head of text: “Copy”). (2) De Bure Frères to Warden, Paris, 13 Mar. 1821, thanking Warden for his letter, noting that they will advise him when they are ready to send TJ’s order, and stating that they have received no letters from TJ (RC in DLC: TJ Papers, 220:39234; in the hand of a representative of de Bure Frères; in French; dateline adjacent to closing; at head of text in Warden’s hand (misdated): “m. De Bure, 13 mars 1820”; addressed: “A Monsieur Monsieur Warden, Rue du pot de fer No 12. A paris”). (3) “Tableau Bibliographique des Ouvrages en tous Genres qui ont paru en France pendant l’année 1820,” appendix to Bibliographie de la France, ou Journal Général de l’Imprimerie et de la Librairie 9 (1820). (4) Projet Adressé au Roi … pour L’Entreprise du Balayage et Nettoyage des rues de Paris … (Paris, 1821). Other enclosures not found.
1. Manuscript: “herelf.”
Index Entries
- American Philosophical Society; works offered to search
- American Revolution; books on search
- Austria; and Great Britain search
- Bibliographie de la France, ou Journal Général de l’Imprimerie et de la Librairie search
- books; on American Revolution search
- Botta, Carlo Giuseppe Guglielmo; Storia della Guerra dell’ Independenza degli Stati Uniti d’America search
- de Bure Frères (Paris firm); TJ purchases books from search
- France; newspapers of search
- Great Britain; and revolution in Naples search
- Holy Alliance; mentioned search
- Italy; and revolution in Naples search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; orders books search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; works sent to search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Opinions on; revolution in Naples search
- Jullien, Marc Antoine; andRevue Encyclopédique, ou Analyse Raisonnée search
- Le Courrier Français (Paris newspaper) search
- Naples, kingdom of (later Kingdom of the Two Sicilies); revolution in search
- newspapers; French search
- Projet Adressé au Roi … pour L’Entreprise du Balayage et Nettoyage des rues de Paris search
- Randolph, Martha Jefferson (Patsy; TJ’s daughter; Thomas Mann Randolph’s wife); greetings sent to search
- Randolph, Thomas Mann (1768–1828) (TJ’s son-in-law; Martha Jefferson Randolph’s husband); as governor of Va. search
- Randolph, Thomas Mann (1768–1828) (TJ’s son-in-law; Martha Jefferson Randolph’s husband); greetings sent to search
- Revue Encyclopédique, ou Analyse Raisonnée search
- Russia; and Great Britain search
- Russia; and revolutions in Europe search
- Storia della Guerra dell’ Independenza degli Stati Uniti d’America (C. G. G. Botta) search
- Tableau Bibliographique des Ouvrages en tous Genres qui ont paru en France pendant l’année 1820 search
- Warden, David Bailie; and European affairs search
- Warden, David Bailie; forwards letters to TJ search
- Warden, David Bailie; letters from search
- Warden, David Bailie; sends publications to TJ search