Thomas Jefferson Papers

Reuben G. Beasley to Thomas Jefferson, 1 May 1822

From Reuben G. Beasley

Havre, May 1, 1822.

Dear Sir,

I send to the address of the Collector at New York a Box of seeds for you from the Garden of Plants in Paris.

With great respect & esteem Your Obedient Servant.

R G Beasley

RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 9 June 1822 from “Beasley B. G.” and so recorded in SJL. RC (MHi); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to Bernard Peyton, [27 June 1822], on verso; addressed in a clerk’s hand: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr &c: &c: &c: Monticello”; stamped “SHIP”; franked; postmarked New York, 4 June.

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  • Beasley, Reuben Gaunt; letters from search
  • gardens; Jardin des Plantes (Paris) search
  • Jardin des plantes et Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle; seeds from search
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