Letter : Monticello, to [William Short, Philadelphia], 1826 January 3 [manuscript].

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Letter : Monticello, to [William Short, Philadelphia], 1826 January 3 [manuscript].

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Jefferson writes to Short about contacting Mr. [Herman] Böÿe about the return of his "fine Borda's Circle of Reflection" and his best telescope, since he has given them to the University of Virginia. Böÿe was in Philadelphia "attending the engraver of his map" of Virginia for which Jefferson had lent the instruments.

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Boye, Herman.

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Herman Böÿe, was a naturalized Danish engineer and mapmaker, author the 1828 General Map of the State of Virginia. From the description of Papers of Herman Böÿe, 1811-1838 (bulk 1831-1838). (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122644173 Born in Denmark in 1792, Herman Boye came to the United States in 1916, worked with John Wood on the surveying of Virginia's counties, took over the project when Wood died in 1822; and constru...