1Richard Rush to Thomas Jefferson, 1 March 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
I cannot permit the letter which you did me the favor to write to me by Mr Ticknor , to remain unacknowledged, if it be only to express the gratification which I felt at receiving it, and the sincere pleasure I derived from the testimony it afforded of your recovery from the illness with which, shortly before its date, you had been afflicted. I have one other motive. The world knows, that...