Thomas Jefferson to Elizabeth Chase, 26 January 1824
To Elizabeth Chase
Monticello Jan. 26.1 24.
Th: Jefferson, with his compliments to miss Chase, subscribes with pleasure to the work of her father which she proposes to publish,2 contented with her judgment of it’s merit. living in an inland country not much addicted to reading, going rarely from home and therefore seeing few, he returns the paper without other signatures than his own, with his wishes for it’s success,3 and prays her to accept his respectful salutations.
RC (DLC: Henry A. Willard Autograph Collection); dateline at foot of text; addressed: “Miss Elizabeth Chase Baltimore”; franked; postmarked. Dft (MHi); on verso of portion of reused address cover of Return J. Meigs to TJ, 7 Mar. 1823; endorsed by TJ. Enclosure not found.
1. Reworked in Dft from “25.”
2. Preceding five words interlined in Dft.
3. Preceding six words interlined in Dft.
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