1William Alston to Thomas Jefferson, 10 November 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
It is highly gratifying to me to be held in remembrance by one whom I so greatly respect & esteem. I feel, very sensibly, the kind Sentiments towards me, that you have been pleased to express in your very friendly letter , which I did not receive until lately, as it lay a long time in the Post-Office, in Charleston , where I have not been since my return to Carolina ; and my friend there, not...
2William Alston to Thomas Jefferson, 6 January 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I was very glad to see in the Intelligencer, sometime after the receipt of your very friendly letter, an extract of a letter from Monticello , mentioning that you were then quite recovered from the very painful complaints that had confined you for 3 months.— I have, at last, received the box of wine which you were So good as to send me. On its arrival at Charleston , it was Siezed by the Port...