1Joshua Dodge to Thomas Jefferson, 20 August 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I have had the pleasure of rec g your esteemed letter of 19 ult mo & beg you to accept my sincere thanks for your kind attention to my wishes & I sincerely hope that I shall soon have the pleasure of thanking you in person. It was near seven years that I had been absent from my native Country & the pleasure I felt in revisiting it was indescribable; absence had served to impress more deeply in...