Thomas Jefferson note to Henry Marie Brackenridge [manuscript], 1814 Mar.16.

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Thomas Jefferson note to Henry Marie Brackenridge [manuscript], 1814 Mar.16.

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Jefferson thanks Brackenridge for sending him a copy of his recently-published book, "Views of Louisiana." Jefferson says that the book is a "valuable contribution towards the knowlege [sic] of a great country which nature has destined to become the most interesting portion of the Western world."

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