1To Thomas Jefferson from Isaac Ball, 17 February 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Directed by an impulse of respectful Consideration, for the President of the United States, Please permit me, Sir, with deference to present this small product, in the field of literature,—If to diffuse happiness to mankind, and a knowledge of the human character, may be considered worthy of every rational mind—Permit me to hope that the few pages submitted, are calculated to inspire an...