Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to Charles Willson Peale [painter] re: thanks for educating grandson

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GLC#
GLC00074
Type
Letters
Date
August 22, 1809
Author/Creator
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Title
to Charles Willson Peale [painter] re: thanks for educating grandson
Place Written
Charlottesville, Virginia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
Language
English
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

Thomas Jefferson Randolph was Jefferson's favorite grandson and eventual executor of his estate. Jefferson writes to thank the artist Peale for educating his grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph in the natural sciences. Randolph attended lectures at the University of Pennsylvania and studied natural history at Peale's museum. Malone comments that TJR's course of study came nearer to a pre-medical curriculum than anything else. Malone, Jefferson the President: Second Term, pp. 612-613. Written in Monticello

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