Letter to Dr. Mason F. Cogswell in Hartford, Conn., stating that the Federalists were endeavoring to find out what political course the Jeffersonians and Randolphians meant to steer and mentioning that Jefferson had lost a fingernail and since had been engaged in a philosophical calculation of how l

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Letter to Dr. Mason F. Cogswell in Hartford, Conn., stating that the Federalists were endeavoring to find out what political course the Jeffersonians and Randolphians meant to steer and mentioning that Jefferson had lost a fingernail and since had been engaged in a philosophical calculation of how long it will take a new one to grow [manuscript] 1806 Dec. 10.

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