1To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas Leiper, 9 September 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Your very obliging and Affectionate letter of the 22 d of July I duly received and I am at a loss for Language to express my gratitude for the interest you have taken in behalf of my son in Law and how I shall go about returning you my best thanks— I should wrote you an answer before this time but I was indeavouring to find out the cause how it was possible that the Mother and may add the...