1To John Jay from Richard Peters, 25 November 1810 (Jay Papers)
When I sent you, as a Token of my constant Remembrance, my Melange about the Tunis Sheep, I intended to have written a Letter to accompany it. But it seems, that Nothing must go with a Pamphlet but the mere Direction, under the Pains & Penalties of sousing the Correspondent or Addressee of ^in^ all Costs of enormous Postage. It is really true, that, now for nearly 6 Years, I have abandoned...
2Thomas Jefferson to John Tyler, 25 November 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of the 12 th gave me the first information that the lectures of my late master and friend exist in MS. knowing how little sensible he was of the eminence of his own mind, I had apprehended if he had ever committed to writing more than their skeleton, that possibly he might have destroyed them, as I expect he has done a very great number of instructive arguments delivered at the bar,...