1To Thomas Jefferson from Ralph Izard, 10 November 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
Your Letter of 1st. August came to my hands several weeks before Mr. Drayton received his on the subjects of Rice, Olives &c. to which I was referred. We are much obliged to you for the trouble you have taken, and for the information you have given. When I was in Italy, the Rice of that Country appeared inferiour to ours. I had been several years absent from America, and the difference did not...