1To Thomas Jefferson from Elijah Hayward, 12 October 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
With that respectfull awe and reverence due to the first magistrate of a free people, I would approach the footstool of your eccellency with the hope that you will deign to notice the language of a private citizen.—Selected from a mong many respectable citizens of the towns of Hanover, Pembroke, marshfield and situate, to request your eccellency, if consistent, with the duties of your office,...