Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 to Judge Peters re: thanks for Biddle's address on agriculture
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06720 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: Charlottesville, Virginia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1822/02/20 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 24.8 cm Order a Copy
A wonderful letter written in the third person, signed at the beginning and in initials at the end. "Mr. Biddle has justly noticed their mass of excellent sense and admirable practice disfigured by a fantastical mixture of superstition and empiricism, such as the ass's head in the middle of the garden, these poor ignorant pagans...." Written in Monticello
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