CONSTANTINE S. RAFINESQUE, Lexington, Ky., to THOMAS JEFFERSON, Monticello., 1819

Scope and content:

Application for professorship at the University of Virginia in French, Italian, materia medica, natural philosophy, geometry, map drawing, natural history drawing, political economy, etc. Lists qualifications; tells life history. Offers Dewitt Clinton, Zaccheus Collins, and Samuel L. Mitchell as references. Appends application to the Board of Visitors. [1738]

Physical description:
ALS. 3 pp. Endorsed by T. J.

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