Thomas Jefferson Papers

Thomas Jefferson to Mordecai M. Noah, 11 April 1819

To Mordecai M. Noah

Monticello Apr. 11. 19.

Sir

Accept my thanks for the copy I have recieve[d] of your Travels in Europe Etc which I am now engaged in reading and with great pleasure. a journey of time & distance obliging me to lay it down for the moment, does not justify the witholding so long my acknolegements which I tender with my salutations of respect & esteem.

Th: Jefferson

PoC (MHi); on verso of reused address cover of Joseph C. Cabell to TJ, 17 Dec. 1818 (second letter); with loss of text at right margin, possibly due to polygraph misalignment; at foot of text: “Mr Noah”; endorsed by TJ.

Index Entries

  • Jefferson, Thomas; Books and Library; receives works search
  • Noah, Mordecai Manuel; letters to search
  • Noah, Mordecai Manuel; Travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary States, in the years 1813–14 and 15 search
  • Poplar Forest (TJ’s Bedford Co. estate); TJ plans visits to search
  • Travels in England, France, Spain, and the Barbary States, in the years 1813–14 and 15 (M. M. Noah) search