John Vaughan to Thomas Jefferson, 26 November 1822
From John Vaughan
Philad. 26 Nov 1822
D sir
Your favor of 20. has much relieved me the Gazette has just announcd the accident, & caused much anxiety to your friends, accept my congratulations that you are doing well & my wishes that your useful life may be prolonged—Judge Tilghman & Mrs Wistar are much obliged to you for your kind attention to their wishes—Young Wistar has at length relinquished1 his views of going into the Navy which will relieve you from being further calld upon—The new regulation alluded to by you is a very proper one—none should enter it, without a decided predilection for it on trial.—
We propose printing a 2 Vol of New Series & I shall as heretofore take the liberty of putting down your name on the list of Subscribers—I do not now recollect whether you took more than one Copy. I remain Yours most sincerly
Jn Vaughan
RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 30 Nov. 1822 and so recorded in SJL. RC (DLC); address cover only; with Dft of TJ to Thomas Lehré, 1 Aug. 1823, on verso; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Monticello Va”; franked; postmarked Philadelphia, 26 Nov.
Volume 2 of the new series of the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society was published in 1825.
1. Manuscript: “relinquish.”
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- American Philosophical Society; Transactions search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; subscriptions search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Health; broken arm search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Health; injured in fall search
- Navy Department, U.S.; applications to search
- Tilghman, William; and appointment for Mr. Wistar search
- Vaughan, John (1756–1841); and American Philosophical Society search
- Vaughan, John (1756–1841); and C. Wistar’s family search
- Vaughan, John (1756–1841); and TJ’s health search
- Vaughan, John (1756–1841); letters from search
- Wistar, Caspar; family of search
- Wistar, Elizabeth Mifflin (Caspar Wistar’s wife); and appointment for son search
- Wistar, Mr. (Caspar Wistar’s son); seeks naval appointment search