1To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Cox, 2 May 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Through the request of our friend Col o H G Burton of Halifax I have had the pleasure of furnishing you with Scuppernong Wine for the last two or three years—My exertions to procure Wine of the best quality, have come short of my wishes in all instances—Believing however that our last season has furnished better fruit and as a necessary consequence better Wine than any of the two preceeding...