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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Letter : Monticello, to Jacques-François Froullé, 1795 May 26.

Title: Letter : Monticello, to Jacques-François Froullé, 1795 May 26.

This autograph, three-page letter by Jefferson, written after his resignation as the country's first Secretary of State and before he served as Vice-President, is addressed to Jacques-François Froullé, a Parisian bookseller residing on the Quai des Augustins. The subject of Jefferson's letter is a damaged shipment of books, dispatched from France on December 17, 1792 and received in Virginia over a year later on February 3, 1794. After their long journey across the Atlantic, Jefferson tells Froullé, the books "had been much wetted, and lying wet in America for a twelvemonth before they were opened, were some of them completely rotted." He asks Froullé to pack the books more carefully the next time, "in a good trunk, covered with leather, or rather with sealskin." Jefferson closes by wishing his bookseller friend good health: "I shall be happy always to hear from you, to learn that you preserve your health, and that you have not suffered by the civil storms which have been blowing over your head." Immediately following Jefferson's signature is a list of twenty-four books "which mr Froullé is desired to send me," including volumes of plates from the Encyclopédie to replace copies damaged in the last shipment.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. ; 18 x 21 cm.

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