1Charles Cocke to Thomas Jefferson, 20 May 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of submitting to your examination the accompanying address to the people of Albemarle , with a request that you will decide the question started in the letter of my friend M r Gordon , which you will herewith receive. As soon as this paper was written, I laid it before a few of my friends, and the friends of the University , and desired them to say whether its publication...