1To Thomas Jefferson from Robert Fairchild, 13 October 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
Will you pardon the freedom of a stranger who reluctantly obtrudes his opinion upon you? I understand that P. Edwards Judge of the District Court of this State calculates on being promoted to the Office lately left vacant by the death of Judge Patterson—Without doubt his legal acquirements eminently qualify him for that high station, & I should rejoice at his elevation to it were it not for...