1To Thomas Jefferson from John H. Hall, 20 July 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Pardon the liberty we assume in thus addressing you, in doing which we feel a peculiar delicacy on the occasion, in consequence of not having the honor of a personal acquaintance, The subject of this communication is Colonel Abel Russell a native of Virginia and formerly of the Army in the late wars with Great Britian a gentleman distinguished for his courage patriotism and many other amiable...