Sowerby Catalogue Volume I : page 554

First Edition. 8vo.

Sabin 94415.

Jefferson’s copy was sent to him by the author, who wrote from Norfolk, Nov. 30, 1808: “I have directed M ^rs. Bonsal, Sir, to transmit to you the second printed Pamphlet on the subject of the Canal which I have the honor to propose from this port to Carolina, by way of Kempsville & the North Landing; embracing also a lattoral naval cut from Kempsville to Lynhaven river . . .”

William Tatham, 1752-1819, soldier and engineer, was born in Cumberland, England, from whence he was sent to Virginia in 1806. Tatham collaborated with Robert Fulton in the field of canalization. He was the first to define the functions of a National Library of the United States, and in 1806 offered to sell his own library to Congress.

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Tracts in the arts. viz. de l’Instruction publique.--Hopkinson’s measurer of a ship’s way, & improvem ^t of the harpsichord.--Blanc sur les armes de guerre--plates & descriptions of the Hydrometer, solar microscope, Dolland’s acromatic telescopes, La Fontaine’s locks, Keir’s patent lamp, Miles’s d ^o. Evans’s improved grist mill. 4 ^to.

It is doubtful if this set of tracts was sold to Congress. On page 54 of the 1815 Library of Congress catalogue, there is an entry (no. 81) Pamphlets in Arts, under the heading Wine. This entry is omitted from the later catalogues.

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FOR ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS, AND NOTES SEE VOLUME V.