Thomas Jefferson Papers

Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 13 June 1823

To John Laval

Monticello June 13. 23.

Dear Sir

I have duly recieved the 4. vols of Las Casas, & have to ask the favor of you to send me a copy of the Nautical almanac for this & the next years, and 2. copies of Phædrus’s fables in Latin for school boys, by successive mails, sending also my account which shall be promptly remitted.

I salute you with esteem and respect

Th: Jefferson

RC (MiU-C: Thomas Jefferson Collection); addressed: “Mr John Laval Philadelphia”; stamp canceled; franked; postmarked; endorsed by Laval. FC (DLC); on verso of reused address cover of Peter Maverick to TJ, 23 Dec. 1822; in TJ’s hand; endorsed by TJ.

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  • Aesop; Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque (Phaedrus; ed. N. Bailey) search
  • almanacs, nautical; TJ purchases search
  • Bailey, Nathan (Nathaniel); editsFabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque (Phaedrus) search
  • Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque (Phaedrus; ed. N. Bailey) search
  • Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; orders books search
  • Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; receives works search
  • Las Cases, Emmanuel Auguste Dieudonné Marin Joseph, comte de (A. Le Sage); Memorial de Sainte Helene. Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint Helena search
  • Latin language; works in search
  • Laval, John; and books for TJ search
  • Laval, John; letters to search
  • Memorial de Sainte Helene. Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint Helena (Las Cases) search
  • Phaedrus (ancient Roman fabulist); Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque (ed. N. Bailey) search