1From Thomas Jefferson to John Rutledge, 26 July 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Having recieved through you, from the light infantry company the Columbian volunteers attached to the 1st. battalion of the 28th. regiment of South Carolina militia, a tender of their services, properly armed & accoutred and ready to march at a moment’s warning to any part of the continent where they may be ordered in defence of the rights of their country, I beg leave to return them the...