1To Thomas Jefferson from William W. Hening, 24 July 1794 (Jefferson Papers)
Being about to submit to the tribunal of the public the work in which I have been so long engaged , I feel all that diffidence which is natural to an author, particularly to one of my age. Altho’ I am conscious that neither pains nor expence have been spared to render the publication worthy of that patronage which, in every stage, it has experienced; yet I am sensible that no man can be a...