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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03739 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1805 |
| Title | Thomas Jefferson to Daniel Fisher acknowledging a book on military tactics |
| Date | 12 August 1805 |
| Author | Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) |
| Recipient | Fisher, Daniel |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Letter written in the third person, thanking Fisher for the book on military tactics, and noting "It would be great presumption in him [i.e., TJ] to hazard an opinion on a work the subject of which he has been less conversant in than any other." |
| Subjects | President Literature and Language Arts Gift Military History |
| People | Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Fisher, Daniel (fl. 1814) |
| Place written | Monticello, Virginia |
| Theme | The Presidency; Arts & Literature |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Notes: Not in Bergh or Ford. Daniel Fisher wrote A System of Military Tactics, Containing the Principles of Discipline and Movements, Chiefly Applied to Infantry, with Rules and Regulations Designed for the Forces of the United States (New York, 1805). Fisher's letter of July 30, 1805 to Jefferson, sending the book, is quoted in E. Millicent Sowerby, comp., Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson (Washington, D.C., 1952-59), vol. 1, pp. 518-19. In that letter Fisher only indicated his authorship of the book; he is otherwise unidentified. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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