Samuel Henley

From Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia

The Reverend Samuel Henley was a professor of Moral Philosophy at William and Mary College, secretary of the Virginia Society for the Promotion of Useful Knowledge in 1772, and a friend of Thomas Jefferson. He departed Williamsburg in 1775 for England, leaving behind a large collection of books in the care of Rev. James Madison. Thomas Jefferson bought a number of these books.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ See Jefferson's letter to Henley, 3 March 1785.

Further Sources

  • Jefferson to Henley 27 January and 2 February 1786
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