- GLC#
- GLC00496.040-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- May 12, 1808
- Author/Creator
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
- Title
- to Isaac Briggs
- Place Written
- Charlottesville, Virginia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Asks Surveyor General for the Territory of Mississippi Briggs to visit Thomas Moore's oil mill and report on dimensions and design. Regarding Jefferson's wish to build a beni oil mill for personal use. Beni oil is made from sesame seeds.
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