1To Thomas Jefferson from Richard Claiborne, 13 June 1787 (Jefferson Papers)
I went this morning to a Book-binder to purchase the notes of Your Excellency on the State of Virginia, but was informed by the Gentleman, that the Book was not published, as it was waiting for a map which was to be prefixed to it, and I am to call in the course of a fortnight or 3 weeks. I have taken the liberty to avail myself of the early part of this interval to mention a circumstance...