1From Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin H. Latrobe, 31 March 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
...but I found at once it was ineffectual & returned it with yours. I am now writing with one I recieved from mr Peale, which has some advantages over yours, but is very stiff, and wants the adjusting screw for the pen. Brunell’s had that improvement. with my thanks for the use of your machine accept my salutations & assurances of esteem & respect.
2Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Henry Latrobe, 16 July 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
our drawings had better come in the form of a roll by the mail. any necessary doubling of the paper may be easily obliterated by the screw press which I possess.