1Thomas Jefferson to Henry A. S. Dearborn, 14 August 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Cap t Bernard Peyton , a commission merchant of Richmond , and particular friend of mine, being now on a tour to the North and East, informed me that a le he would have occasion to call on you, and that a letter lodged with you would be sure to get to his hands. on this ground I ask the favor of your care of the within. Cap t Peyton served honorably as an officer in the last war, since which...