1David Easton to Thomas Jefferson, 9 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Accompanying this are Copies of a letter from Major Gen l Lafayette , and of the document therein alluded to as also a printed sheet , containing Copies of a Certificate from M r Monroe , now our present chief Magistrate, and of a few letters from General Washington to the late Co lo Robert H Harrison , the whole of which I take the liberty of sending you at the recommendation of the President...
2Thomas Jefferson to David Easton, 14 January 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I am truly sorry it is not within my power to give you any information on the subject of the enquiries in your letter of the 9 th . during the revolutionary war Col o Harrison ’s services were employed in the army, mine chiefly in the cabinet and very much within my own state, so that I never had an opportunity of acquaintance with Col o Harrison . at the close of the war I was sent to Europe...