1Thomas Jefferson to Caleb Atwater, 21 June 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
I thank you, Sir, for the paper you have been so kind as to send me , and I have read with pleasure the disquisition on the origin of our Indians. this long contested question seems no nearer it’s solution now than when first proposed. I am glad to see the ingenuity of others employed in such investigations, but have lost all interest in them myself . the advance of years tells me they are not...
2From James Madison to Caleb Atwater, April 1823 (Madison Papers)
I have recd. your letter of March 18. with the copy of a Bill providing for Common Schools in Ohio. It affords much gratification to see the emulating attention which is paid to this vital object throughout our Country; particularly in a young State which is rising to such national importance; and I shd. most cheerfully contribute any suggestions which might be of use on such an occasion. But...