1Oliver Pollock to the Virginia Delegates in Congress, 20 November 1783 (Jefferson Papers)
The Inclosed Copy has no less Astonished than Chagrined me. Indeed it has been almost more than I could support and has required the whole of my fortitude and resolution particularly when received at the time I am surrounded by my Creditors as you will find by the sequal. The only consolation that I have now left is that (thank Heaven) I have all the orriginal Bills at new Orleans, where I...