Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from Philippe Reibelt, 7 February 1805

From Philippe Reibelt

Baltimore le 7 fevr. 1805.

Monsieur le President!

Je suis enfin parvenu de racheter aussi—Hungaria—edit. d’Elzevir—mais j’etois obligè, d’echanger çe petit Livre par un autre Livre francais de 2 Gourdes—

J’ai lhonneur, de Vous le presenter cijoint, et de Vous saluer tres respectueusement.

Reibelt

Editors’ Translation

Baltimore, 7 Feb. 1805

Mister President!

I finally succeeded in buying Hungaria in the Elzevir edition, but had to trade this small book for another French book at two dollars.

I have the honor of enclosing it here along with my deep respect.

Reibelt

RC (DLC); above signature: “Le Depot Americ. General de Levrault, Schoell et Comp. Impr. Libraires a Paris”; endorsed by TJ as received 7 Feb. and so recorded in SJL. Enclosure: Respublica et status regni Hungariæ (TJ to Reibelt, 31 Jan.).

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    To Thomas Jefferson from Philippe Reibelt, 7 February 1805
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    Reibelt, Philippe
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    7 February 1805

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from Philippe Reibelt, 7 February 1805,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-45-02-0468. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 45, 11 November 1804 to 8 March 1805, ed. James P. McClure et al. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2021, pp. 468–469.]

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