1From 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...