Thomas Jefferson to Peter S. Du Ponceau, 19 February 1818
To Peter S. Du Ponceau
Monticello Feb. 19. 18.
Dear Sir
your favor of Jan. 24. was duly recieved, and I now inclose you the supplements for the three hiatuses in your MS. all your references were found satisfactorily except that of March 9th to the words ‘bush, which is a beautiful evergreen, & may be cut into any shape.’ I found no such words under that date in the folio MS. and therefore had the whole of that day copied. it is the only instance I have found of any difference between the folio MS. and your larger one.
Th: Jefferson
RC (PPAmP: Thomas Jefferson Papers); at foot of text: “Mr Duponceau”; endorsed by Du Ponceau. PoC (DLC); on verso of reused address cover to TJ; endorsed by TJ. Enclosure: 41-page extract from William Byrd’s “The History of the Dividing Line” (in Nicholas P. Trist’s hand, with catchwords in TJ’s hand at head and foot of final two passages; later bound with the MS in PPAmP).
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- American Philosophical Society, Historical and Literary Committee; and W. Byrd manuscripts search
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- Byrd, William (1674–1744); The History of the Dividing Line search
- Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen; and Historical and Literary Committee of the American Philosophical Society search
- Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen; letters to search
- Jefferson, Thomas; Books & Library; sends manuscripts search
- North Carolina; boundary with Va. search
- The History of the Dividing Line (W. Byrd [1674–1744]); manuscript of search
- Trist, Nicholas Philip; and W. Byrd’sHistory of the Dividing Line search
- Virginia; boundary of with N.C. search