RC (MHi); with Dft of TJ to Gantt, 9 Sept. 1821, on verso; endorsed by TJ. RC: left half of address cover only (DLC), with Dft of TJ to Arthur S. Brockenbrough, 21 Nov. [1822], on verso; right half of address cover only (MHi), with FC of TJ to Peter Maverick, 20 Nov. 1822, on verso; addressed in an unidentified hand: “Thomas Jefferson Esqr Monticello Virginia”; with additional notation above address and in same hand (one word editorially corrected): “1. pamp[h]let”; stamped; postmarked Charleston, 25 Aug. Recorded in SJL as received 7 Sept. 1821. Enclosures: (1) Thomas Odingsell Elliott, An Oration, delivered in St. Philip’s Church, Charleston, South-Carolina, on the Fourth of July, 1821; before the ’76 Association (Charleston, 1821; possibly Poor, Jefferson’s Library description begins Nathaniel P. Poor, Catalogue. President Jefferson’s Library, 1829 description ends , 13 [no. 818]), calling the Fourth of July the “sabbath of our country” (p. 6); celebrating liberty as pervading United States history and laws; characterizing British rule of the American colonies as “a dominion universally presided over by a spirit which proscribed all respect for human rights” (p. 9); likening Americans during the Revolutionary War to “holy martyrs” (p. 14); suggesting that the privileges and benefits conveyed by the American Revolution will eventually spread to all people; reviewing the career of Napoleon Bonaparte; arguing that during the War of 1812 Americans had “emulated the devotedness, and eclipsed the valor that had made us free and independent” (p. 29); praising the officers of that conflict; and ending with the hope that the nation’s institutions and political happiness will inspire and guide other nations in the cause of human liberty. (2) David Ramsay, An Address delivered on the Fourth of July, 1820, by appointment of the ’76 Association, and Published at their Request (Charleston, 1820; possibly Poor, Jefferson’s Library description begins Nathaniel P. Poor, Catalogue. President Jefferson’s Library, 1829 description ends , 13 [no. 818]), asserting that “The independence of our country was certain and necessary in the course of events” (p. 3); stating that a review of American history causes people to ponder the “sage of Monticello” and invoke a “blessing on his head” (p. 4); praising John Adams and Patrick Henry and celebrating the roles of Virginia and Massachusetts in the American Revolution; lauding the spread of representation and dismissing the concept of a compact between rulers and the people as a “trick of kings and aristocrats” (p. 9); arguing that the American Revolution resulted from the progress of the human mind; claiming that the British government frequently suspends habeas corpus; grounding national happiness, honor, and liberty in the events of 4 July 1776; listing and hailing officers from the American Revolution and War of 1812; and concluding with the belief that “The family of freemen will extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific” (p. 32).