1Thomas Jefferson to George Ticknor, 25 November 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of Aug. 14. was delivered to me as I was setting out for the distant possession, from which I now write, & to which I pay frequent & long visits. on my arrival here I make it my first duty to write the letter you request to mr Erving , and to inclose it in this under cover to your father, that you may get it in time. my letters are always letters of thanks because you are always...