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1From Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Claxton, 2 June 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
In my letter of the day before yesterday I mentioned that [I was] not then fixed on the inscription for the Silver ewer . I was con[vinced] to have the following words engraved on the upper side of the lid. to wit “[Copied from] a model taken in 1778. by Th. Jefferson from a Roman Ewer in the Cabinet of antiquities at [Nismes.]” I enclose you a [paper] showing in what manner I think it may be...