1Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours to Thomas Jefferson, [ca. 28 July 1810] (Jefferson Papers)
“Then the association of citizens with the state would be complete and perfect. Public wealth would grow while individual properties prospered: that is necessary and proper, as in that case there is more to do to protect and preserve them. It would decrease if individual revenues declined.—The government would be warned through its cash balance about mistakes it might have made and the...