1To James Madison from James P. Preston, [18 March] 1818 (Madison Papers)
Whereas by the 8th section of an Act of the General Assembly, passed the 21st day of February, 1818, entitled “An Act appropriating part of the revenue of the Literary Fund and for other purposes,” the Executive are required to appoint twenty-four discreet and intelligent persons, who shall constitute a Board of Commissioners to aid the Legislature in ascertaining a permanent scite [ sic ] for...
2Francis W. Gilmer to Thomas Jefferson, 18 March 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose this letter to Mr. Jefferson both because it is an injustice to Ticknor to deliver even a message from him in any other words than his own, and because I am sure it will give him pleasure to hear young Terril thus spoken of by such a man. In the ‘ darkness visible ’ of Richmond , it is a happiness, a privilege, to be illuminated by the radiance of such a mind. If the enemies of...