Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to Dr. William Bentley re: thanks for botanical specimens and illustrations
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06675 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1808/12/29 Pagination: 1 p. 20 x 24.6 cm Order a Copy
President Jefferson, writing shortly after his last Christmas in the White House, acknowledges receipt of the gift of some botanical speciments and drawings from the pen of Miss Crownenshield. Bentley (1759-1819) was a Unitarian Minister in Salem, Mass. and liberal Jeffersonian. Jefferson refers in the letter to members of the celebrated Crownenshield family of Salem. Jefferson's friend and Secretary of Navy, Jacob Crownenshield had died earlier in the year.
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