Fernagus De Gelone to Thomas Jefferson, 28 January 1819
From Fernagus De Gelone
New York January–28. 1819.
Sir
| I had no copy of Euler’s Algebra, when I Sent you the last box in the beginning of this month. I found one per chance this morning in private hands … 2 8vo in boards. | $.4.50. | |
| I received yesterday the honour of your letter with a note of $20. which was too much by 2 dollars. | 2.00. | |
| .2.50 |
I Send you per mail this day the 1rst vol. of Euler’s Algebra, and next week the 2ond Shall be Sent. I Still owe you the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th vol. of Tacitus.
As to any good translation of Eschylus and Sophocles, I have none and Know none in town. I will try to procure them here or from Europe.
I am most respectfully Sir Your most humble obedient Servant
fernagus De Gelone.
RC (MHi); ellipsis in original; endorsed by TJ as received 7 Feb. 1819 and so recorded in SJL. RC (DLC); address cover only; with PoC of TJ to James H. McCulloch, 7 Feb. 1820, on verso; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr Monticelo. Milton Va”; franked; postmarked New York, 28 Jan.
Index Entries
- Aeschylus; works of search
- books; classical search
- books; on mathematics search
- Dureau de la Malle, Jean Baptiste; translatesTacite (Tacitus) search
- Élémens d’Algèbre (L. Euler; trans. J. G. Garnier) search
- Euler, Leonhard; Élémens d’Algèbre (trans. J. G. Garnier) search
- Fernagus De Gelone, Jean Louis; letters from search
- Fernagus De Gelone, Jean Louis; TJ orders books from search
- Garnier, Jean Guillaume; translatesÉlémens d’Algèbre (L. Euler) search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; orders books search
- mathematics; books on search
- Sophocles; works of search
- Tacite (Tacitus; trans. J. B. Dureau de la Malle) search
- Tacitus; Tacite (trans. J. B. Dureau de la Malle) search