Letter to Charles F. Gunther [manuscript], 1885 June 22.

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Letter to Charles F. Gunther [manuscript], 1885 June 22.

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Burns is sending for inspection the last items from his catalogue and in addition all his remaining Jefferson items including memos and accounts of Thomas Jefferson, account books of Peter Jefferson, records of temperatures in Philadelphia, July 1776, and a manuscript of "Rules and proceedings of the U.S. Senate," all of which he is offering for sale privately to avoid the annoyance of multiple disappointed buyers. He briefly discusses Colonel Thomas Jefferson Randolph, William Randolph, the Jefferson diary which his recipient has already purchased, Samuel Jones Tilden's collection of Jefferson manuscripts and Henry Stephens Randall's Jefferson collection which he purchased.

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