1Vachel Worthington and George W. Anderson to Thomas Jefferson, 10 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
We the undersigned having been appointed by the members of the Calliopean Society to inform You of your being unanimously elected an honorary member of said society, deem it essentially necessary to inform you of our motives, and intentions. They are purely literary and are designed exclusively for the promulgation of useful knowledge, uniting its members in the indissoluble bands of unity,...