1To Thomas Jefferson from William Strickland, 20 May 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my return home I have executed as fully as I have been able, tho not as compleatly as I could have wished the principal commission with which you charged me, that of procuring you the varieties of peas and vetches; those which I send you and of which some account is given in another paper which accompanies this are the sorts usually cultivated in this country, and all with which I am...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Van Staphorst & Hubbard, 21 May 1796 (Jefferson Papers)
Our last respects were of 11 Ultimo. We have now to acknowledge receipt of your very esteemed favor of 28 February, applying for the Loan of One to Two Thousand Dollars, to meliorate your Farm, which request we deem a proof of your Friendship towards us, and of the confidence You place in our’s for You. The revolution in this Country, has caused money to be so scarce here, that We too can...