THOMAS JEFFERSON, Monticello, to HERBERT CROFT, London.

Scope and content:

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.

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