1From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Skipwith, 5 October 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
I am favoured with yours of Sep. 4. which comes to me here. In the suit you mention to be brought by Bevins’s exr. against you and myself, the order of the names is not even an irregularity. The omission of Mr. and Mrs. Eppes is more material, and if he will not amend his writ by consent, we ought to oblige him to do it by plea. I will beg the favor of you to have my appearance entered with...