1III. John Vining to Joseph Anderson, 1 March 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
Not being able to lay my hands upon the Letter you have requested, and fearing very much that I inadvertently, together with some other loose papers, threw it into the Fire in changing Papers from one coat Pockett to another, I have nothing now left in my Power but to state to you the principal Fact which it appeared to contain. As I mean however to be perfectly explicit with you, I think it...