1William Steptoe to Thomas Jefferson, [24 July 1819] (Jefferson Papers)
My syringe is so often lent & sent about the neighbourhood that I am sorry to say I do not know who had it last. However I will dispact dispatch a boy after it, and when found send it over to Burwell , thinking it would answer a very good purpose in his case—In the mean time, you might repeat the purgative by Giving him a tablespoonfull of Castor oil once in two hours . After the Bowells are...