1To Thomas Jefferson from James Penn, 24 May 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of offering you my tract of land on which I live for sale —I do not know that you are inclinable to purchase, but if so the place I think will add considerably to the value of your estate here— I hold about 1400 acres binding on your line at least a mile or more, lying between the poplar forest and New London better watered than any tract of land I ever saw of its size...