1To Thomas Jefferson from James J. Dozier, 29 November 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
You will, I presume, think it strange to be addressed by a stranger, & a person in my situation (of which you will Know in the sequel) On the subject I am about to proceed— I am the oldest son of parents of a respectable Lineage. My father’s prospects at my birth, (in 1786) were very flattering; I was, therefore, put early to school—at which place I continued until I arrived to my eighteenth...
2To Thomas Jefferson from James J. Dozier, 12 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
A few weeks since I addressed you by Letter on the score of borrowing a sum of money specified therein—and not having as yet, rec’d an answer, conclude that the demand was not approbated. However I make the second application—and again inform you that I want it not as a gift; but payable when my circumstances will admit, with Legal interest I shall expect an answer to this informing me whether...