Adamatios Koraes

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Adamantios Koraes (1748-1833), or Adamantios Coray (as Jefferson called him), was a Greek intellectual and author who corresponded with Thomas Jefferson during the last few years of his life. Jefferson also owned several works and translations by Koraes.

Correspondence

The following are letters to, from, or mentioning Koraes in Thomas Jefferson's correspondence:

George Ticknor to Thomas Jefferson, April 23, 1816, in PTJ:RS, 9:696-99. Recipient's copy at the Library of Congress. Transcription available at Founders Online.
Thomas Jefferson to Nicholas Gouin Dufief, April 11, 1817, in PTJ:RS, 11:249-50. Polygraph copy at the Library of Congress. Transcription available at Founders Online.
Frères De Bure to Thomas Jefferson, [October 23], 1817, in PTJ:RS, 12:109-12. Manuscript at Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, Massachusetts Historical Society. Transcription available at Founders Online.
Adamantios Koraes to Thomas Jefferson, July 10, 1823. Recipient's copy at the Library of Congress. Transcription available at Founders Online.
Thomas Jefferson to Adamantios Koraes, October 31, 1823. Recipient's copy and draft at the Library of Congress; also published in L&B, 15:480-90. Transcription available at Founders Online.
Thomas Jefferson to David Bailie Warden, October 31, 1823. Recipient's copy at Maryland Center for History and Culture, David Bailie Warden Papers; draft at the Library of Congress. Transcription available at Founders Online.
Adamantios Koraes to Thomas Jefferson, [December 28, 1823]. Recipient's copy at the Library of Congress. Transcription available at Founders Online.
Thomas Jefferson to Edward Everett, March 27, 1824. Recipient's copy at Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, Massachusetts Historical Society; file copy at the Library of Congress; also available in L&B, 16:20-22. Transcription available at Founders Online.
Adamantios Koraes to Thomas Jefferson, January 30, 1825. Recipient's copy at the Library of Congress. Transcription available at Founders Online.

Works by Koraes in Jefferson's Libraries

Aristotelis Ethica Nichomachia. Coray. Paris. 1822. Gr. 8 vo.
Aristotelis Politica. Gr. Coray. 8 vo. Paris 1821^[1]
Faceties d'Hierocles. Gr. Fr. de Coray. Paris. 1812. 8 vo.
Hippocrate des airs, des eaux, et des lieux, la loi d'Hippocrate et le Medecin de Galen. 8 vo. Gr. Fr. du Coray.^[2]
[Beccaria dei delitti e delle pene] translated into modern Greek by Coray. Paris 1823. 8 vo.
Onesandri strategicos. Gr. Fr. Coray. 8. Paris. 1822.

- Anna Berkes, 9/2008

Further Sources

Chios Online. Koraes Library: Argenti Folklore Museum. A library founded by Koraes on Chios.
Diamantides, Nicholas D. "An Elective Encounter: The Koraes-Jefferson Connection." Modern Greek Studies Yearbook 37905 (1994-1995): 587-602.
Gennadius Library. "Adamantios Koraes." This library in Athens holds almost all editions of Koraes's works and a large collection of secondary literature about him.
Horton, Andrew S. "Jefferson and Korais: The American Revolution and the Greek Constitution." Comparative Literature Studies 13 (1976): 323-29.
Thereianos, Dionysios. Adamantios Koraes. Tergestƒì [Trieste]: typois tou Austrooungrikou lo√ºd., 1889-90. In Greek.

References

^ Among the last books that Jefferson was reading or intending to read at the time of his death, according to Nicholas P. Trist. Jefferson's copy of this work is currently at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. See the record for this book in LibraryThing.
^ Jefferson's copy of this work is currently at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. See the record for this book in LibraryThing.

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