ii [GODEFROI,
Maximilian.]
Military Reflections on four modes of defence, for the United States, with a plan of defence, adapted to their circumstances,
and the existing state of things . . . By Max
an. *** Ex-officer of the Etat Major in the service of S. M. T. C. Translated by Eliza Anderson.
Baltimore: Printed by
Joseph Robinson,
1807.
UA23 .G65
First Edition. 8vo. 2 parts in 1. 21 leaves: [ ]
4, B-E
4, F
1. At the end is a note that the pamphlet which is addressed to the members of Congress was published in August 1807, eighteen
months after it was written.
In the absence of any further information it cannot be certain that this was the pamphlet included in this collection. It
is inserted as being the only one by Godefroi on this subject.
Maximilian Godefroi, French colonel, came to the United States as an exile in the spring of 1805, after sixteen months imprisonment in France.
He was introduced to Jefferson by Stephen Cathalan junior, and obtained a position in the College of Baltimore as instructor
in architecture, design, and fortifications.
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iii. TRUXTON,
[
sic
--
Ed.
]
Thomas.
Thomas Truxton, 1755-1822, naval officer, was the author of several works on naval tactics. It is not known which was in the Jefferson collection.
In the Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress are two printed documents, sent to Jefferson by Truxton. The title of the
first, sent from Perth Amboy on August 20, 1804, reads:
Commodore Thomas Truxton’s Vindication. Published by Desire of his Friends. 1804.
7 pages 4to. The second, 4 pages 4to., was sent on September 25 in the same year. It is addressed to the President and deals
with the means of prosecuting war with Tripoli.
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