1To Thomas Jefferson from William Duane, 19 October 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I denied myself the pleasure of replying to your kind letter in answer to mine concerning the Pamphlet on “The two Americas” from an apprehension that you were already too much troubled by correspondence; the same motive would operate now did not an unutterable necessity induce me to the trespass as a refuge from despair The death of Samuel Clarke, the Naval officer of the Customs at...