[Jefferson, Thomas]:

MEMORIAL OF THE RECTOR AND VISITORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. DECEMBER 10, 1821.

Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1821. 4pp, disbound and lightly spotted. Good+.

Thomas Jefferson signs in type at the end as Rector of the University of Virginia. His Memorial, a plea for the free flow of information into the United States, urges elimination of tariffs on books imported into the United States. "To obstruct the acquisition of books from abroad, as an encouragement of the progress of literature at home, is burying the fountain to increase the flow of its waters."
AI 7375 [2- DLC, Princeton]. Not in Haynes. Item #38966

Price: $750.00