Letter, 1822 September 24, Lexington, Kentucky, to Th[oma]s Jefferson, Monticello, [Albemarle County, Virginia].

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Letter, 1822 September 24, Lexington, Kentucky, to Th[oma]s Jefferson, Monticello, [Albemarle County, Virginia].

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Sends own French pamphlet on botany and zoology; has found new tree, genus "Virgilia fragilis," or yellow locust; will grow in Virginia; sends pods; has not heard from University of Virginia about readiness to open, and assumes his liberal offer was not accepted; will endow Transylvania University with his collections of 30,000 specimens of plants, animals and minerals.

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 25 cm. x 22 cm.

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