1From Thomas Jefferson to John Bartram, Jr., 5 April 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I am desired on the part of the Agricultural society of Paris to put the inclosed list of seeds , which they want, into the hands of some person who can be relied on to furnish them genuine and fresh. I ask this favor of you. they would wish to recieve them in autumn, or as early in the next winter as possible. as soon therefore as the season has admitted the whole to be saved, or as many as...