1José Corrêa da Serra to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 22 March 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
You see by the enclosed Letter that i do not forget your recommendations. I hope in it goes in time, and perhaps in the form of an unasked Letter will operate better than if it had the appearance of an answer to a question on that delicate point. RC ( MHi ); undated; endorsed by TJ as an undated letter received 30 Mar. 1819 from “ Correa Joseph ” and so recorded in SJL . Enclosure: Corrêa da...
2José Corrêa da Serra to Thomas Jefferson, 22 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I was very glad of what i knew, about your perfect convalescence and about the progress of the Virginian university , but it has been to me a great additional pleasure, to read it in your handwriting. Your health i am confident will with proper attention continue strong and i hope and wish, for a pretty Long period too. Serus in cælum redeas diuque Lætus intersis — My anxiety about the...