John T. Mason (1787–1850) to Thomas Jefferson, 4 May 1823

From John T. Mason (1787–1850)

Indian Fields. Bath Cty Ky May 4. 1823

Dear Sir

Mr José A. Miralla, a distinguished South American patriot, wishes to see & know you—the great apostle of liberty. An enlightened foreigner, seeking in our country a knowledge of our free institutions and collecting maxims of political Science from our wisest statesmen, has a passport to the good feelings & kind offices of every patriot & philanthropist. With you he will want no other recommendation than that he is a fellow labourer, longo intervallo, in the great cause of human liberty, a scholar & a gentleman; and as such, I beg leave to make him known to you.

With sentiments of profound regard & veneration, I tender you the salutations of grateful friendship.

John Thomson Mason Jun

RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ as received 18 June 1823 and so recorded in SJL.

longo intervallo: “at some remove, after a long gap; in spite of the gulf between” (OED description begins James A. H. Murray, J. A. Simpson, E. S. C. Weiner, and others, eds., The Oxford English Dictionary, 2d ed., 1989, 20 vols. description ends ).

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Title: John T. Mason (1787–1850) to Thomas Jefferson, 4 May 1823
Authors: Mason, John Thomson (1787–1850)
Miralla, Jose A.
Recipient: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 4 May 1823

Reference

Cite as: “John T. Mason (1787–1850) to Thomas Jefferson, 4 May 1823,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-19-02-0449. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 19, 16 September 1822 to 30 June 1823, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2022, pp. 577–578.]