Autograph draft of a letter, unsigned : Monticello, to the Marquis de Lafayette , 1816 May 17.

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Autograph draft of a letter, unsigned : Monticello, to the Marquis de Lafayette , 1816 May 17.

Concerning his difficulties in preparing a translation of Montesquieu's essay on political economy and in having it printed.

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