1Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 5 July 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of June 24. is recieved, and so also the package of books first sent, & Sanxay by mail. Grimm will be here also in time. the balance of 4.50 in my favor when mr Dufief went away, agrees with my own memorandums: and the balance of 63.D. now in his favor will be attended to. it will experience a short delay however. the crisis of the times is not unfelt by the farmer. the...
2Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 3 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return from a journey I found here your favor of April 19. and also the Scapula safely arrived. I shall be glad to recieve further from you the Diodoro Siculo . 2. v. 4 to and the Lexicon of Sanxay , if you can part with it separately. it is certainly not a connected part of the edition of Aristophanes , which I possess having been separately bought. these be 4
3Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 4 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
What I said in my letter on the subject of Grimm , was really not meant to draw from you a reduction of price as I rarely ask for le dernier mot ; but as you have had the complaisance to offer an abatement, I will take the book at the price of 34.50 D proposed by you . be so good as to send it by water through Cap t Bernard Peyton as before, and if you will send me a statement of my account as...
4Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 8 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Th: Jefferson begs leave to add to his letter of May 3. to mr Laval the further request that he will send him a copy of Lempriere ’s Classical dictionary, 3 copies of the Orbis pictus Comnenii by Hoole , & 3 copies of the Alvari Prosodia. the two last are school books printed by Swords in N.Y.
5Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 11 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Looking a 2 d time over the catalogue you were so kind as to send me I find pa. 13. article 3° from the bottom the following, ‘Lexicon Aristophanicum, Graecum, Anglicanum. 8 vo Oxonii . 1810’ this will answer my purposes as well as that of Sanxay ; I therefore pray you to send it to me; and as it is but a single vol. in 8 vo it may be sent by mail, well wrapped in strong paper. be so good as...
6Thomas Jefferson to John Laval, 11 April 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
In the moment of my setting out on a journey I recieve mr Dufief ’s catalogue for 1819. for which I presume I have to thank you. having had time to run over the first pages only I mark a in pa. 13. a copy of Scapula ’s Lexicon printed at Coll. Allobr. 1616. called 8 vo but I presume it is small 4 to as I believe there has never been an edition so small as 8 vo printed. be pleased to send me...