1To Thomas Jefferson from Francis Willis, Jr., 10 February 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
[ York ], Va., 10 Feb. 1790 . Sorry to have missed TJ at York and Richmond, “for should you return to France as Mr. Hilten told me you intended, the chance is against our ever meeting again; your exalted station I am sure would not prevent your being glad to see a very old acquaintance.” Congratulates TJ on his success in life: he has continued to struggle as before to meet “a train of...