1Thomas Jefferson to John Daingerfield, 2 August 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
..., unless he pays me enough to satisfy your demand (and his arrears are the double of it) I shall distrain, and you may be assured I will not lose a moment in placing the money in the bank of Fredericksburg and of giving you notice of it. this is the earliest resource at my command, and I have thought it my duty to state it to you explicitly, that you might understand the cause of my being...