1Robert Anderson to Thomas Jefferson, 22 May 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
Among the papers of my deceased friend Mary Stith , who departed this life on the 21 January 1816 , and who appointed me her sole Executor, I found a letter from you to her , bearing date 7 th March 1811 , in which mention is made of some lands in albermarle County in which her father, yours, and others were, and are interested. For the benefit of Miss Stith ’s residuary legatee, may I beg the...