1From Thomas Jefferson to Philip Mazzei, 29 April 1800 (Jefferson Papers)
The last letter I recieved from you was of Dec. 8. 1797. it is still longer since I have written to you. the prohibition by a law of the US. of all intercourse between us and France, the blockade of Amsterdam & Hamburgh, the entire possession of the ocean by the English, and their practice of publishing intercepted letters for political purposes, has prevented my writing a line to any body on...