1William Waters Hickman to Thomas Jefferson, [received 5 May 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
A stranger from Jefferson County is constrained by necessity to solicit your hospitality for a few Days—He has taught school the past winter in Augusta , & has come down to attend the Episcopal Convention that is shortly to assemble in Charlottsville in expectation of being sent on as a student to the seminary which has lately been opened in N. York for Theological Students Candidates .—If...
2William Waters Hickman to Thomas Jefferson, 7 May 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
The few days since I have been priviledged to remain in your hospitable Mansion, I am sensible that in my manners I have not manifested those external marks of respect & reverence in which I should blush to be thought wanting, which no real Virginian, no enlightened American Can be deficient in. My mind & spirits as you no doubt observe, have been depressed & my hopes in life discouraged from...