1From Thomas Jefferson to Kezia Norris, 20 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I have duly recieved your favor covering a Note of Bishop Carroll’s which I now return according to your desire. [soon] after my coming to this place I recieved applications from different parts of the Union for contributions to churches, colleges, schools, bridges, & other useful institutions. I yielded to them until they became so numerous as to shew that either I must contribute to the...