1From Thomas Jefferson to John Pittman, 27 April 1805 (Jefferson Papers)
On the receipt of your former letter, I referred it to the Secretary at war, who soon afterwards reported on it. the constant pressure of business during a session of Congress prevented my answering it during that term, and indeed occasioned it to be mislaid so that I cannot now lay my hand on the report. it’s substance however was that the law having provided suitable tribunals for the trial...