1From Thomas Jefferson to George Nicholas, 28 July 1781 (Jefferson Papers)
I am informed that a resolution on your motion passed the House of Delegates requiring me to render account of some part of my administration without specifying the act to be accounted for. As I suppose that this was done under the impression of some particular instance or instances of ill conduct, and that it could not be intended just to stab a reputation by a general suggestion under a bare...
2From Thomas Jefferson to George Nicholas, 15 July 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of May 7 . was received and duly laid before the President of the US. On enquiry into the circumstances which you mention as producing difficulty in the district of Kentuckey, in order to see what could be done, he found that a letter had been written by the Commissioner of the revenue to the collector which would relieve much of that difficulty, at least as much of it as there is...