Archibald Thweatt to Thomas Jefferson, 26 December 1821
From Archibald Thweatt
Wilkinsonville post office
chesterfield county 26. Decr 1821
Dear Sir
While I take liberties with letters of a friend without consulting him, and without any other Sanction than the motive which governs me, I fear I force myself in upon you, with a very offensive kind of intrusion: I hope the same pure motive, will secure to me your generosity and forgivness.—only see what you can do for our country at this Crisis! a favorable word from you would secure the amendments—and to use the language of the illustrious author of the inclosed letter “save again our beloved confederacy.”—Excuse me
Archibald Thweatt
RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ as received 6 Jan. 1822 and so recorded in SJL. RC (MHi); address cover only; with FC of TJ to David Higginbotham, 4 May 1824, on verso; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Esq: Monticello Milton Va”; stamp canceled; franked; postmarked Petersburg, 1 Jan.