1To Thomas Jefferson from Richard L. Savin, 28 January 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
It has been my intention for some time past to address a letter to you, but I have been deterred from it heretofore, least you should suppose I was acting a part highly presumptious. In the conflict between fear & necessity, I have at length determined to submit the following observations to you, fully in hopes that you will take them into consideration, & relieve me from those embarrasments...