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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to James Mease re: thanks for Mease's dissertation on canine madness

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06510 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1792/05/31 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 19.4 cm, Width: 23.7 cm Order a Copy

ALS in the third person, written horizontally and signed in text at the beginning. Thanking Mease for his "very learned and ingenious dissertation on canine madness" and discussing insanity. Jefferson mentions a cure by mercury of an American captive in Algiers, a cure mentioned in Mease's book. He suggests an experiment with animals, infecting them with madness and then attempting the cures. Docketed, with loss at the upper right corner of the address leaf.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Mease, James, 1771-1846

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