1From Thomas Jefferson to Charles Brockden Brown, 15 January 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved on my arrival here some days ago the copy of the book you were so kind as to send me together with your letter , for which be pleased to accept my thanks. as soon as I am in a situation to admit it (which is hardly the case here) I shall read it, & I doubt not with great pleasure. some of the most agreeable moments of my life have been spent in reading works of imagination which...