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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to Daniel Fisher re: acknowledging book on military tactics

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03739 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: Charlottesville, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 August 1805 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 19.8 cm, Width: 24.8 cm Order a Copy

Letter written in the third person, thanking Fisher for the book on military tactics, and noting "It would be great presumption in him [i.e., TJ] to hazard an opinion on a work the subject of which he has been less conversant in than any other." Written in Monticello

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Fisher, Daniel, fl. 1814

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