1To Thomas Jefferson from Pierpont Potter, 18 February 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
You are a great man and an eminent one. I revere you as one of the principal founders of our republic which I hope will be as lasting as time I regret that your age is so great that I have no reason to beleive that you will answer the letter of a Stranger. I have been excited to address you by reading the letters that passed between you and the venerable John Adams. I was surprised that in...