1To Thomas Jefferson from John Edgar, 4 March 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
The undersigned Inhabitants of the County of Randolph in the Indiana Territory with feelings of gratitude and respect beg leave to approach the first Magistrate of their Country while they offer him some reasons why they thus presume to trespass on his patience—The late death of Thomas T Davis Esquire hath caused a vacancy in the Supreme Court of the Territory: an appointment to which is...