Thomas Jefferson, July 10, 1822

Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, July 10, 1822, to Judge Spencer Roane expressing concern as to Roane's health and referring to "the great Sydenham"("The English Hippocrates") "who found nothing to be relied on but long journies on a hard trotting horse'', refers to Jefferson's numerous family of grandchildren and regrets that his property when divided among them "will be barely a subsistence to each" although his property is "considerable".