1To James Madison from George Watterston, 4 August 1820 (Madison Papers)
I beg you to accept the accompanying copy of a little work of mine, published a few winters ago. With most of the characters delineated in it, you are, I believe, well acquainted & will therefore be enabled to judge of the truth & correctness of the Sketches. I have it in contemplation to undertake a history of your administration, which I conceive to be the most interesting period, except the...
2George Watterston to Thomas Jefferson, 4 August 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
I have received your polite letter of the 27th ult; & in answer, beg leave to assure you that both D r Hamilton & myself were more gratified, by the reception you gave us as strangers , than we should have been, had we had the honor of your acquaintance— The President, from whom we could have procured letters of introduction, informed us that to you you considered such passports unnecessary &...