Folder 155

Scope and Contents 3 manuscript ALS from James Lenox (noted book collector) to Charles Deane (antiquarian and historian) regarding Lenox' two copies of the first edition of Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia". Each letter is 5" x 8": May 27, 1863 (2p.); May 29, 1863 (1p.);June 4, 1863 (2p.) Deane asks to see one of the copies which was originally owned by the Abbe Morellet, French encyclopedist and translator of the Notes into French, which Lenox ships to him. Lenox comments on many points of issue...