José Antonio Miralla to Thomas Jefferson, 14 July 1823
From José Antonio Miralla
Philadelphia 14th of July 1823.
My Dear Sir!
I had this pleasure a few days ago from Baltimore; and now I have nothing to add with respect to the Island of Cuba. Tomorrow I am going to New York. I will always consider it my duty to advice you of anything of the kind worth your notice. Be so good as to present my best respects to your amiable ladies, and to give to Miss Elen the adjoint copy of the Gray’s Elegy, of which I did speak to her, and which it will appear tomorrow or next in the National Gazette: and beleive me
José A. Miralla
RC (MoSHi: TJC-BC); with notation by Miralla at head of address cover: “Double”; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esqre Monticello. Albemale County Virginia” by “mail”; franked; postmarked Philadelphia, 14 July; endorsed by TJ as received 19 July 1823 and so recorded in SJL.
this pleasure: no letter from Miralla to TJ written at Baltimore has been found and none is recorded in SJL. miss elen: Ellen W. Randolph (Coolidge).
Index Entries
- Coolidge, Ellen Wayles Randolph (TJ’s granddaughter); works sent to search
- Cuba; J. A. Miralla on search
- Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (T. Gray) search
- Gray, Thomas; Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard search
- Miralla, José Antonio; letter from accounted for search
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- Miralla, José Antonio; on Cuba search
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- Miralla, José Antonio; translates T. Gray’sElegy Written in a Country Church Yardinto Spanish search
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