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Extract from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams

Monticello July 5. 14.

I hope the necessity will at length be seen of establishing institutions, here as in Europe, where every branch of science, useful at this day, may be taught in it’s highest degrees.

RC (MHi: Adams Papers). PoC (DLC). Published in PTRJS, 7:455.
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Author
Thomas Jefferson
Recipient
John Adams
Date Range
1810 - 1820
Date
July 5, 1814
Collection
Quotes by and about Thomas Jefferson
Repository
MHi
DLC
Quote Category
Education

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