from the Jefferson collection.
Bought from
Cheetham. The entry on his bill, July 1, 1806, reads: “
To a copy of an impartial enquiry into the Conduct of Governor Lewis forwarded Mar 4 1806.
.50.
”
Other works by James Cheetham appear in this catalogue.
Morgan Lewis, 1754-1844, soldier and jurist, became governor of New York in 1804, in which position he became the centre of political
factionalism, due in part to the fact that his wife was the daughter of Robert R. Livingston. Later Lewis was a President
of the New-York Historical Society and of the Society of the Cincinnati. He was one of the founders of New York University.
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J.
14.
For the Consideration of Congress. Without name of place or printer, n.d. [
Washington,
1806.]
F197 .F69
Sm. 8vo. 4 leaves, signed at the end:
A Citizen.
Sabin 101940.
Not in Bryan.
Separated from a volume of pamphlets and rebound in a half binding. Numbered 14 in ink on the title-page, and probably Jefferson’s copy.
A proposal to
appropriate the capitol to the purposes of an institution for the cultivation of the arts, the Capitol Hill being
as well fitted for this object, as it is unfortunate for the residence of congress.
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J. 15. LATROBE,
Benjamin Henry.
A private Letter to the Individual Members of Congress, on the Subject of the Public Buildings of the United States at Washington,
from B. Henry Latrobe, Surveyor of the Public Buildings.
Washington City: Printed by
Samuel H. Smith,
1806.
F204 .C2 L2
First Edition. 8vo. 20 leaves, the last a blank, and one folded leaf with a plan of the Arrangement of the office story of the
House of Representatives, at Washington. The text ends on page 32 and is followed by 3 leaves with separate pagination headed
Index to My Private Letter, &c. The Letter is dated from Washington, Nov. 28, 1806.
Sabin 39220.
Bryan, page 99.
This copy was separated from a volume of pamphlets and rebound in a half binding. Numbered 15 in ink on the title-page. Probably Jefferson’s copy.
Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 1764-1820, architect and engineer, was born in England and came to the United States in 1796. In 1803 he was appointed by
Jefferson surveyor of the public buildings of Washington. Latrobe was in constant correspondence with Jefferson concerning
the Capitol buildings. For a full account of the buildings and the controversies see Fiske Kimball,
Thomas Jefferson, Architect.
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Not in the Manuscript Catalogue.
1815 Catalogue, page 102. no. 290, Political American, 1806, 8vo.
Eight tracts bound together in one volume 8vo. Originally bound for Jefferson by Milligan on February 24, 1809, price .75,
rebound by the Library of Congress in calf, labels on the back lettered:
Political /
Pamphlets. /
Vol. 78.
JA36 .P8 Vol. 78
On an original fly-leaf is a manuscript index, not written by Jefferson; the tracts numbered serially in ink.
1. SMART, T. B.
The Republican’s Manual, for the use of a Free People. By T. B. Smart . . .
Philadelphia: Printed for the author, By
R. Cochran,
1806.
Sm. 8vo. 16 leaves, the last a blank.
A dialogue between master and pupil.
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2. [MORRIS,
Gouverneur.]
Notes on the United States of America.
Philadelphia: Printed at the Office of
the United States Gazette,
1806.
