From Thomas Jefferson to William Harris Crawford, 21 September 1824

Dr Sir

Monto Sep. 21. 24.

To the abundance of trouble you have in reading letters I am obliged to add that of the two inclosed. the question proposed is important to our University and should not have been intruded on you could our Collector have answered it decisively. having no library ourselves those of the Professors will be a great resource. I will not add to your trouble by repeating here what you will find stated in the inclosed, but request an answer at your earliest convenience that it may reach England before the embarcation of our Professors. no one rejoices more sincerely than I do at the favble acct of your health announced in the papers. with this congratuln be pleased to accept the assurance of my great esteem & considern

DLC: Papers of Thomas Jefferson.

This early access document derives from raw transcriptions, prior to editing and publication in Rotunda's American History Collection. If this document is cited in formal research, it should be noted that it is not a final version, and that the URL you used to access it is not permanent.
Please report any errors or problems you notice in documents.