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Letter, 1822 September 24, Lexington, Kentucky, to Th[oma]s Jefferson, Monticello, [Albemarle County, Virginia].

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dc.contributor.author Rafinesque, C. S. (Constantine Samuel), 1783-1840 en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2011-10-12T18:47:55Z
dc.date.available 2011-10-12T18:47:55Z
dc.date.issued 1822-09-24 en_US
dc.identifier.citation Tucker-Coleman Papers: Series 2 Thomas Jefferson Correspondence, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10288/15167
dc.description.abstract Sends own French pamphlet on botany and zoology; has found new tree, genus "Virgilia fragilis," or yellow locust; will grow in Virginia; sends pods; has not heard from University of Virginia about readiness to open, and assumes his liberal offer was not accepted; will endow Transylvania University with his collections of 30,000 specimens of plants, animals and minerals. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship College of William and Mary. Swem Library. Jefferson Project
dc.description.sponsorship Papers of Thomas Jefferson (Princeton University)
dc.description.sponsorship The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
dc.language.iso eng
dc.subject Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Correspondence en_US
dc.title Letter, 1822 September 24, Lexington, Kentucky, to Th[oma]s Jefferson, Monticello, [Albemarle County, Virginia]. en_US
dc.type text en_US
dc.type.genre Letters (correspondence) en_US
dc.identifier.collectionId Mss. 40 T79
dcterms.isPartOf Tucker-Coleman Papers

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