21Hugh Nelson to Thomas Jefferson, 10 December 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 5 th Instant came to hand in the due course of the Mail—The papers contained in it have been shewn to the delegation from our State , whose support, I make no doubt, will be afforded to the object of the Memorial . I shall consult the Massachusetts Delegation in relation to the plan of the Cambridge College in regard to the repeal of the duty on imported Books—and endeavour...
22Hugh Nelson to Thomas Jefferson, 4 March 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
Presuming that you feel a deep Interest in the decission of the question which of late so deeply much agitated the Country, I presume doubt not a brief statement of its Issue will be agreable—on Friday last, the 2 d In t it was finally settled between the two Houses . The Restriction on Missouri as a state was rejected and also in the Country South of 36.° 30′