Letter, Monticello, Va., to Sir James Edward Smith, Pres. of the Linnean Society, London [manuscript] 1809 Aug. 12.

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Letter, Monticello, Va., to Sir James Edward Smith, Pres. of the Linnean Society, London [manuscript] 1809 Aug. 12.

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Description by this naturalist of the flora around Monticello, mentioning Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Mann Randolph and a proposed visit to St. Louis to stay with Meriwether Lewis.

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