1John Bevan to Thomas Jefferson, 10 September 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Having understood that a Painter could be employ’d on the buildings now erecting in Charlottsville intended for a Seminary & c I have asumed the liberty of soliciting work in the above branch, and to request y r oppinion on the propriety of the design of establishing myself as a Painter in said Town. Your well known liberality, and knowledge of the world, and its minutest concerns in business,...