Letter, 1820 May 1, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] to Thomas Jefferson, n.p.

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Letter, 1820 May 1, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] to Thomas Jefferson, n.p.

Requests letter of recommendation to help him dispose of "a few natural curiosities" he brought from Italy; and to encourage him in getting "the Sculpture of a Monument to the Immortal Washington to be erected in this city."

1 p. on 1leaf ; 25 cm. x 21 cm.

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