1To Thomas Jefferson from James Pemberton, 31 October 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Thou mayest judge it strange, that a Person in a private capacity, shoud address thee on business of a public nature; but knowing that, the Federal Government has given a favorable countenance, to the feeble endeavours of our Religious Society, (called Quakers), for promoting the civilization of the Indian Inhabitants on the borders of the United States, and beleiving it right, that our Rulers...