Letter signed Thomas Jefferson, Washington, to Mrs. [Elizabeth] Trist, December 22, 1807
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Identifier: D04334
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- Thomas Jefferson Collection | Letter signed Thomas Jefferson, Washington, to Mrs. [Elizabeth] Trist. Speaks of her losses and writes: “We both know that the best medicine is to drop the curtain on its recollection.” Regarding the troubles in New Orleans, Jefferson believes the best remedy is a strong American population. He ends by giving family news and states: “My heart is set on nothing but the return to it [his family] myself, and getting my family around me at Monticello.” (2 pages, polygraph), 1807 Dec 22
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