1To Thomas Jefferson from Matthew Wing, 15 October 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Singular and odd as your Excellency may think of an application made by a man of my appearance for appointment in the armey Yet from a true knowledg of the duty and a contiousness of my Integrety and intentions and an honest ambition of serveing my native country. With confidental assureance of being well supported in the application By some gentlemen of the Nothern country whose characters...