Thomas Jefferson, Germantown, Pennsylvania, to Angelica Schuyler Church, London, England., 1793

Scope and content:

Comments on her letter of August 19th, with the extract from Lafayette, and that "the influence of the United States has been put into action" to effect the release of Lafayette. Comments on the news of Madam de Corny being a victim of the times and of [Maria] Cosway being in a convent. Remarks that at the beginning of the new year, "I am to be liberated from the hated occupations of politics, & to sink into the bosom of my family, my farm & my books."

Physical description:
ALS (copy), 2 p.

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