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Letter, 1791 April 17, Bennington, [Vermont] to Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania].

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dc.contributor.author MacKay, Samuel en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2011-10-12T18:49:30Z
dc.date.available 2011-10-12T18:49:30Z
dc.date.issued 1792-04-17 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/10288/15320
dc.description.abstract Turns to Jefferson for help in his misfortunes; recognizes Jefferson as a philanthropist, republican, patron of the arts, and a friend of France; he seeks employment suited to his education and meager talents and hopes to promote better relations between France and the United States by serving as a French teacher in Philadelphia; he hopes the introductions he brings will help him procure twenty or thirty students to instruct for three to four hours a day; money earned from this work will also allow him to pursue his own studies. 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, 1791 April 17, Bennington, [Vermont] to Thomas Jefferson, Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania]. 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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