1From Thomas Jefferson to Francis Granger, 24 January 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 4 th , recently recieved, has been long on it’s way to me. in the meantime I had recieved thro’ the public papers the afflicting information it announced. on this event I offer my sincere condolances to yourself & the family. few had better occasions than myself of knowing the great worth of mr Granger’s character. serving together for eight years, in stations of much...