Letters to Dr. Samuel Brown [manuscript], 1814 April 28 and 1820 November 3.

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Letters to Dr. Samuel Brown [manuscript], 1814 April 28 and 1820 November 3.

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1814 April 28, Jefferson to Brown sympathizing on the death of a loved one and commenting on his own losses. He mentions the invention of a vapor bath, and the rise of household industries necessitated by the War of 1812, rejoices in the downfall of Napoleon, predicts bankruptcy for England, and requests a botanical specimen for Correa de Serra. The 1820 letter is an introduction for the son of James Maury.

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