THOMAS JEFFERSON, Monticello, to HERBERT CROFT, London.
- Scope and content:
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Expresses pleasure at Croft's letter on the German and English languages. Criticism of Johnson and Skinner as etymologists. Proposals for simplifying the study of Anglo-Saxon. Approves Croft's idea of a dictionary as a general index to literature. [613]
- Physical description:
- ALS. 2 pp.; silked. File draft. Endorsed by T. J. Printed: L B XVIII 361-364.
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryUniversity of VirginiaP.O. Box 400110160 McCormick RdCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
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