1To Thomas Jefferson from Louis Hue Girardin, 6 December 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
I have, from motives which I deem correct, sedulously avoided disturbing your repose by obtrusive letters and requests; and I now earnestly intreat your pardon for making a communication which may be an encroachment on that repose, as well as on your goodness. I passed, in the month of August last, in view of Monticello. My anxiety to go and present my respects to you, and enquire about your...