1To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Henfrey, 19 December 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I might have had the honor of addressing you thro the medium of a member of Congress but encouraged by the general tenor of your Conduct which I have now had an opportunity of viewing for the last Ten Years and seeing that it is your steady & uniform wish to promote the general good & Interest of mankind. I under these impressions venture to submit some Ideas for your consideration when at...