1From Thomas Jefferson to William Carver, 4 December 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you, Sir, for the inedited letter of Tho s Paine which you have been so kind as to send me. I recognise in it the strong pen & dauntless mind of Common sense, which, among the numerous pamphlets written on the same occasion, so preeminently united us in our revolutionary opposition. I return the two numbers of the periodical paper, as they appear to make part of a regular file. the...