1From Thomas Jefferson to P.B. Tindall, 20 April 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I duly recieved your favor of the 13 th and with it the pamphlet you were so kind as to send me. but your request to give my opin on it I must pray your permission to decline. from this office I have universally excused myself. I have neither the time, the talents nor the taste to become a Reviewer of books. my inclinations lead me to a very different choice of Occupation. I have ceased also...
2To Thomas Jefferson from P.B. Tindall, 13 April 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me with this letter to present you with a pamphlet entitled the American Free thinker, which I am in hopes you will do me the honor to accept, and peruse. The object of this publication is to point out some of the objections that seem to exist to the most popular and prevalent religious creeds in the United States. Also to illustrate more fully the views of a larger work, which I intend...