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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06720 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1822 |
| Title | Thomas Jefferson to Judge Peters regarding thanks for Biddle's address on agriculture |
| Date | 20 February 1822 |
| Author | Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) |
| Recipient | Peters, Judge |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | A wonderful letter written in the third person, signed at the beginning and in initials at the end. "Mr. Biddle has justly noticed their mass of excellent sense and admirable practice disfigured by a fantastical mixture of superstition and empiricism, such as the ass's head in the middle of the garden, these poor ignorant pagans...." |
| Subjects | President Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Superstition |
| People | Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) |
| Place written | Monticello, Virginia |
| Theme | Agriculture; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
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