1To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Cox, 2 May 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Through the request of our friend Col o H G Burton of Halifax I have had the pleasure of furnishing you with Scuppernong Wine for the last two or three years—My exertions to procure Wine of the best quality, have come short of my wishes in all instances—Believing however that our last season has furnished better fruit and as a necessary consequence better Wine than any of the two preceeding...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Cox, 16 July 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
An excursion in the upper part of our State, which kept me some time from home, has prevented an earlier reply to your letter of the 3 rd June— It will give me great pleasure to have you 30 Gallons of the Grape Juice put up in the best stile and entirely unmixed with any other substance—The season for procuring it, is in October, and previous to that time I will make arrangements with Mr James...