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Autographed letter signed, one page, Monticello, January 26, 1822. Signed and free-franked, with address docket to Henry R. Schoolcraft. Third person note signed. To Mr. Schoolcraft, thanking him for a memorial (on a fossil) and his devotion to natural history preservation. Jefferson writes: "Th: Jefferson returns his thanks to Mr Schoolcraft for the Memorial he has been so kind as to send him on the fossil tree of the river des Plaines. It is a valuable element towards the knolege (sic.) we wish to retain of the crust of the globe we inhabit: and it's crust alone is immediately interesting to us. we are only to guard against drawing our conclusions deeper than we dig. Mr Schoolcraft is entitled to the thanks of the lovers of science for the preservation of this fact. he has those of Th:J. with his salutations of esteem and respect. Monticello Jan. 26. 22."


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