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1Author:  Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
 U.S. President, statesman, savant. Jefferson held several positions in the government of both Virginia and the United States. He was U. S. Secretary of State, under Washington, from 1790 to 1793; vice-president from 1796-1801; president, 1801-1809. As President of the American Philosophical Society, from 1797 to 1815, Jefferson actively promoted geographical, paleontological, botanical, and linguistic studies in the United States. 


 Title:  Letters from Jefferson and Others to Peter S. Du Ponceau     
 Type:  Text items 
 Format:  Correspondence 
 Language:  English 
 Dates:  22 January 1816 - 7 July 1820 
 Extent:  7 letters 
 Abstract:  Indian languages and ethnography 
 Source:  Thomas Jefferson Papers (B J35Le) 
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 Subjects:  Cultural description and analysis, social organization and structure, ceremonial behavior, material culture | Linguistics and philology 
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