1To Thomas Jefferson from W. Willis, 5 December 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I have come on to this place by easy stages since I had the honor of waiting upon you in Washington. And as the people from the interiour of The States have been flocking to the Market towns with their produce I have had a considerable oppertunity of knowing their sentiments, respecting the present situaation of our political affairs. They wish for Peace, but seem willing to sacrifice every...