John Cook Wyllie's transcriptions of French articles and notices about Thomas Jefferson [manuscript], 1933.

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John Cook Wyllie's transcriptions of French articles and notices about Thomas Jefferson [manuscript], 1933.

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The collection contains Wyllie's handwritten transcript of a notice in the "Journal Politique de Bruxelles" no. 14, 1786 April 8, concerning Jefferson's arrival in London and presentation at court by John Adams. The collection also contains a correction to a note in a book about the slave and free populations of Virginia, appearing in the "Mercure de France," No. 10, 1786 March 11. On the same page is a review of "Voyages de M. le Marquis de Chastellux, dans l'Amerique Septentionale..." in the "Mercure de France, " no. 26, 1786 July 1, mentioning Jefferson. The collection also contains news from Virginia published in the "Journal politique de Bruxelles," no. 41, 1786 October 14, mentioning Houdon's bust of Lafayette and it's presentation by Jefferson. The collection also contains a decree of the National Assembly, 1791 June 2 concerning a letter from Jefferson 1791 March 8 published in the proceedings of the assembly, with a note from the keeper of the French National Archives that the original could not be found in the archives of the Assembly.

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