1From Thomas Jefferson to the New Haven Merchants, 12 July 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved the remonstrance you were pleased to address to me, on the appointment of Samuel Bishop to the office of Collector of Newhaven, lately vacated by the death of David Austin; the right of our fellow citizens to represent to the public functionaries their opinion, on proceedings interesting to them, is unquestionably a constitutional right, often useful, sometimes necessary, and...