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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 To Francois Barbede Marbois

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08029 Author/Creator: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 Place Written: Monticello, [V.A.] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 24 March 1782 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 23.2 cm, Width: 18.7 cm Order a Copy

The delay in transmitting to Marbois letters containing his notes on the State of Virginia. Jefferson states that he: "...was obliged by the movements of the enemy to retire from my house at the same time, to which I did not return till the month of August." Further delay was due to a few articles that were part of the collection which had to be sent for from far away.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
Barbé-Marbois, François, marquis de, 1745-1837

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