1To Thomas Jefferson from John A. G. Davis, 3 December 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
J. A. G. Davis presents his compliments to M r Jefferson4 and having just procured from the lower country, some oysters which he knows to be sound, takes the liberty of sending him part of them. MHi .
2To Thomas Jefferson from John A. G. Davis, 23 May 1825 (Jefferson Papers)
About the 1 st of March last, in a conversation with you on the subject of the appointment of a Law Professor, you were pleased to speak in a very flattering manner of the qualifications of my friend M r Dabney C. Terrell of Kentucky, for that place. Since that time in the course of a familiar correspondence, I mentioned to him the high compliment thereby bestowed on him. Within a few days I...