1To Thomas Jefferson from Margaret Lowther Page, 30 September 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
...prove an insuperable objection—for as to the purity of his Character as a Man and a Citizen he could bring testimonials from the most respectable Inhabitants of Richmond, and he particularly mentioned Mr. George Jefferson, with whom he has been many years in habits of great intimacy, yet as it was possible you might judge it improper to nominate him, he had mention’d his apprehensions to Mr....