Thomas Jefferson Papers

Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Milligan, 16 August 1823

To Joseph Milligan

Monto Aug. 16. 23.

Dear Sir

Can you inform me whether there has been a 2d edn of Tracy’s Pol. econ. published in the US.1 from your first, and where? how many copies did you print of the 1st edn and have all or what proportion been sold? you will oblige me by this informn. Accept my frdly esteem & respect.

Th:J.

FC (DLC); on verso of reused address cover of Dabney C. Terrell to TJ, 25 Oct. 1822; in TJ’s hand; at foot of text: “Mr Joseph Millegan”; endorsed by TJ.

1. Preceding three words interlined.

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Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Milligan, 16 August 1823
Author
Jefferson, Thomas
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Milligan, Joseph
Date
16 August 1823

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“Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Milligan, 16 August 1823,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-20-02-0097. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 20, 1 July 1823 to 31 March 1824, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023, p. 101.]

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