1To Thomas Jefferson from Morgan Brown, 2 December 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 16th. of Jany. did not come to hand untill the boats from this river had gone down, except one or two which I did not think it would be safe to send the Indian bust in—but the season is now approaching when oppertunities will be frequent; and you may rest assured they shall be carefully packed and sent. I am Your most Obt. Humble Servt. RC ( MHi ); endorsed by TJ as received...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Morgan Brown, 16 January 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of Octob. 1. has been duly recieved, and I have to make you my acknowlegements for the offer of the two Indian busts found on the Cumberland & in your possession. such monuments of the state of the arts among the Indians are too singular not to be highly esteemed, and I shall preserve them as such with great care. they will furnish new and strong proofs how far the patience &...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Morgan Brown, 1 October 1799 (Jefferson Papers)
I have in my possession two stone or Marble Statues , taken out of the ground within a few miles of this place which I suppose are the largest which have ever been discovered in North America that were really made by the Original inhabitance—one is the likeness of a very old man from the waist upwards and the other a woman—they are about the size of children of eight or ten years old and weigh...