Thomas Jefferson

From the original letter at the Library of Congress. May 1788 Your saying last evening that Sir Isaac Newtons principle of Gravitation would not explain, or could not apply as a rule to find the quantity of the attraction of cohesion, and my replying that I never could comprehend any meaning in the term “attraction […]

To Thomas Jefferson February 19, 1788 London, England, SIR: I mentioned to you that I had some conversation with the Marquis de Lafayette respecting the Bridge, and his opinion is that it would be best to make some direct proposition to which either yes or no should be given. My principal object is to get