1From Thomas Jefferson to Mary Jefferson Bolling, 31 October 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Being to set out for Philadelphia this week, I cannot take my departure without expressing to you my disappointment in having been unable to see you during my stay in the state. I was once obliged to go as far as Richmond, but my business here permitted only four days for that journey. I had hoped that a contract I had negotiated between Colo. T. M. R. and his son, had secured Edgehill as a...