1From Thomas Jefferson to William Curtis, 18 August 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of July 24. came to my hands the 7th. inst. and I shall with pleasure give you the substance of my transactions on behalf of the late mrs Ariana Randolph. in the year 97. she wrote to me stating the depth of her distresses, the arrearages due to her on her marriage-contract, and solliciting my aid to procure what was due to her. Peter Randolph, Peyton Randolph and Philip Grymes had...
2To Thomas Jefferson from William Curtis, 28 August 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
I request you to accept my particular Thanks for your ready, and polite Attention to the Subject I had taken the liberty to trouble you with, I mean your Agency for the late Mrs. Ariana Randolph; your letter is a full and satisfactory answer to my Enquiries: I wish you had mentioned the Sum which Mrs. Randolph was to receive annually, and to what time that Sum was calculated, to make the...