1Thomas Jefferson to George Flower, 18 August 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 6 th came to hand the day before yesterday. independant of the moral considerations which dictate to us to be useful to one another, the letters of Mess rs La Fayette and Lasteyrie would have been a sure passport to any service I can render you. if, as I presume, your purpose is to fix yourself in the US. my first advice to you would be not to be hasty in fixing yourself doing it