1Thomas Jefferson to Louis H. Girardin, 31 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I have a grandson, Francis Eppes whom I should be very glad to have put under your tuition the present year, and I have written to his father, mr John W. Eppes to request his assent to it. in the mean time it is necessary for me to be able to assure him that you can recieve him, & also to state to him the conditions terms of your school . a cousin of his goes also with him, as they are...