Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Catherine Church, [ca. October 1788?]

From Catharine Church

[Ca. Oct. 1788?]

Sir

I am very much obliged to you for the pretty books you have had the goodnes to send me. I am very sensible of it and never shall forget it. I shall never have a heart capable of forgetting you and and all the goodness you have had for me. I am your gratefull

C C

RC (MHi); addressed: “A Monsieur Monsieur jefferson”; endorsed by TJ: “Church Kitty”; undated, but probably written soon after TJ’s presentation of Lévesques’ Collection des Moralistes Anciens (see under 19 Oct. 1788).

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    Jefferson Papers
    Title
    To Thomas Jefferson from Catherine Church, [ca. October 1788?]
    Author
    Church, Catherine
    Recipient
    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    October 1788

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Catherine Church, [ca. October 1788?],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-14-02-0037. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 14, 8 October 1788 – 26 March 1789, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1958, p. 44.]

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