Extract from Thomas Jefferson to James Currie
| Paris Jan. 28. 1786 |
I send by this conveiance designs for the Capitol. they are simple & sublime. more cannot be said. they are not the brat of a whimsical conception never before brought to light, but copied from the most precious the most perfect model of antient architecture remaining on earth; one which has received the approbation of near 2000 years, and which is sufficiently remarkable to have been visited by all travellers.
RC (DLC). Published in PTJ, 9:239-40.
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