Letter to John Griscom [manuscript], 1825 January 16.

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Letter to John Griscom [manuscript], 1825 January 16.

Jefferson writes to Griscom regarding the return of Michael Russell's "View of Education in Scotland," and mentions the expected arrival of three professors from England.

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