1From Thomas Jefferson to Joseph Coolidge, 24 October 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I should not have delayed a single day the answer to your interesting and acceptable letter of the 13 th inst. but that it found me suffering severely under an imposthume formed under the jaw, and closing it so effectually as to render the introduction of sustenance into the mouth impossible, but in a fluid form, and that latterly sucked thro’ a tube. after 2. or 3. weeks of sufferance, and a...
2From Thomas Jefferson to William Duane, 24 October 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter of the 19 th recieved in the evening of yesterday found me suffering under the pain of an imposthume under the jaw closing it so effectually as to admit sustenance to be introduced only thro’ a tube. two months ago such a letter should have been complied with without a moment’s delay. but within that period the ground on which I stood has totally changed. an intervening incident...