1To Thomas Jefferson from William R. Higinbotham, 24 August 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Having resided thirteen Months in Bermuda and being about to return to that Island, probably to stay some years I am induced to trouble your Excellency with the annexed Certificate and to indulge in the hope of your Excellency appointing me Commercial Agent to that place I have the honor to be Sir With the greatest respect Your mst obt Sert DNA : RG 59—LAR—Letters of Application and...
2To Thomas Jefferson from James Sullivan, 24 August 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I have yours of the 12th and will continue to act as discreetly as I can in the business of certificates according to your request, until the 13th of next month. Flour &c, has lately risen on an idea, of the exportation from the southern and middle States being impeded; I will have them down in a day or two. There is no engine, but what is, and will be used here against your administration....