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Letter, 1813 November 9, Monticello, [Albemarle County, Virginia] to W[illiam] Short, n.p.
| Author: | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 |
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| Abstract: | A "most calamitous year" for crops because of drought and the blockade; complains about the state of higher education in Virginia, including the College of William & Mary; The professors, who are "a parcel of pettifogging academics," "starve out real science, which is accordingly totally extinct in this state." |
| Issued Date: | 1813-11-09 |
| Subjects: | Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Correspondence |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10288/14982 |
| Citation: | Thomas Jefferson Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. |
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