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Edward Everett to Thomas Jefferson, 14 February 1822

From Edward Everett

Boston Feb. 14. 1822.—

Sir

Permit me to offer You a Volume, lately written by my brother Alexander H. Everett, Chargé d’Affaires in Holland.The Prefatory letter gives the true account of its origin viz: in my Request to him last Summer to furnish me With an acc’t of the present State of national polit[. . .]s1 in Europe.—I hope, therefore, it will meet Your indulgence, as a Work of hasty preparation.—

I have the honor to be,
Sir, With high veneration, Yr faithful humble Servant,
Edward Everett.
 of Cambridge (Mass)

RC (DLC); dateline adjacent to closing; at head of text: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr”; endorsed by TJ as received 24 Feb. 1822 and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: “A Citizen of the United States” [Alexander H. Everett], Europe: or a General Survey of the present situation of the principal powers; with conjectures on their Future Prospects (Boston, 1822; Poor, Jefferson’s Library description begins Nathaniel P. Poor, Catalogue. President Jefferson’s Library, 1829 description ends , 11 [no. 644]).

1. Word illegible, either “politcs” or “polites” (with “politics” or “polities” intended).

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Edward Everett to Thomas Jefferson, 14 February 1822
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Everett, Edward
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Jefferson, Thomas
Date
14 February 1822

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“Edward Everett to Thomas Jefferson, 14 February 1822,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/03-18-02-0193. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, vol. 18, 1 December 1821 to 15 September 1822, ed. J. Jefferson Looney et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021, pp. 234–235.]

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