1To Thomas Jefferson from Oliver Phelps, 4 February 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty to notice to your Excellency Rufus Easton Esquire a Citizen of the State of New York a young gentleman of talents and respectability, who has been meritorious in the Republican cause.— He wishes for the appointment of District Attorney for N. Orleans—Living some distance from Mr. Easton I am not so well acquainted with his legal knowledge but from information received from...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Oliver Phelps, 10 April 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
When I had the honor of an interview with you previous to my leaving the city of Washington and conversed respecting the political divisions among the republicans of this state, it was foreign from my wish to draw from you any thing that it would have been improper to communicate. I sincerely and without disguise stated to you the true situation of the parties and assured you that the friends...