1Oliver Towles to Thomas Jefferson, 23 October 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
Permit me to introduce to your acquaintance my Son William Beverley Towles , who Visits you for the Purpose of Paying his respects to you and also for the Purpose of obtaining from you an introduction to some friend of yours in the Vicinity of Boston . My Son & Master Harrison who now accompanies him are about to Set out for Cambridge University . they being total strangers in that Country...