LXXIII. LXXIII
JEFFERSON TO LEWIS
LXXIII. [From original MS. in Bureau of Rolls—Jefferson Papers, series 5, vol. 16, doc. 7 k.]
Dear Sir This will be handed you—mr̄ Bradbury, an English
botanist, who proposes to take St. Louis in his botanising tour. he
came recommended to me by mr̄ Roscoe of Liverpool. so well known
by his histories of Lorenzo of Medicis & Leo X. & who is president
of the Botanical society of Liverpool. mr̄ Bradbury comes out in their
employ, & having kept him here about ten days, I have had an opportunity
of knowing that besides being a botanist of the first order, he is a
man of entire worth & correct conduct. as such I recommend him to
your notice, advice & patronage, while within your government or it's
confines. perhaps you can consult no abler hand on your Western
botanical observations. I am very often applied to to know when your
work will begin to appear; and I have so long promised copies to my
literary correspondents in France, that I am almost bankrupt in their
eyes. I shall be very happy to receive from yourself information of
your expectations on this subject. every body is impatient for it.
You have seen by the papers how dirty a trick has been played us
by England. I consider all amicable arrangement with that nation as
desperate during the life of the present king. there is some ground to
expect more justice from Napoleon. & this is perhaps favored by the
signal defeat he has suffered in the battle of the Danube, which has
obliged him to retreat & remain stationary at Vienna, till his army,
literally cut up, can be reinforced. in the mean time, the spell of his
invincibility being broken, he is in danger of an universal insurrection
against him in Europe. your friends here are well, & have been long
in expectation of seeing you. I shall hope in that case to possess a due
portion of you at Monticello, where I am at length enjoying the never
before known luxury of employing myself for my own gratification only.
present my friendly salutations to Genl. Clarke, and be assured yourself
of my constant & unalterable affections.
Gov. Lewis Ths. Jefferson
