1Thomas Jefferson to Hardin Perkins, 11 August 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
My brother lately deceased having some years ago made me the depository of his last will and testament, wherein you are named an executor, I think it a duty to put it into your hands, and now therefore inclose it to you. altho’ also named an executor, my age disables me from undertaking it, or and the pursuits of my life have not been such as to enable qualify me for any useful interference in...