1To Thomas Jefferson from William Tudor, 24 January 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I take the liberty of sending with this letter, a volume which I have just had published. Perhaps you may recollect my having addressed a letter to you on the subject asking some information, two or three years since, and to which I shall never forget that you favored me with a prompt & kind reply. I can hardly presume that in the midst of your numerous engagements that you will be willing to...
2William Tudor to Thomas Jefferson, 13 January 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
If the motive of this letter does not serve for my excuse with you, I have no other that I can offer for this intrusion—I have been for some months past endeavoring to collect materials for the life of James Otis who held so distinguished a place among the actors in the preparatory scenes of our immortal revolution. As my attention to his character was more particularly drawn by the letters of...