Edward Everett to Thomas Jefferson, 14 February 1822
From Edward Everett
Boston Feb. 14. 1822.—
Sir
Permit me to offer You a Volume, lately written by my brother Alexander H. Everett, Chargé d’Affaires in Holland.The Prefatory letter gives the true account of its origin viz: in my Request to him last Summer to furnish me With an acc’t of the present State of national polit[. . .]s1 in Europe.—I hope, therefore, it will meet Your indulgence, as a Work of hasty preparation.—
| Edward Everett. |
| of Cambridge (Mass) |
RC (DLC); dateline adjacent to closing; at head of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr”; endorsed by TJ as received 24 Feb. 1822 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: “A Citizen of the United States” [Alexander H. Everett], Europe: or a General Survey of the present situation of the principal powers; with conjectures on their Future Prospects (Boston, 1822; , 11 [no. 644]).
1. Word illegible, either “politcs” or “polites” (with “politics” or “polities” intended).
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