1To Thomas Jefferson from George B. Arnold, 24 February 1826 (Jefferson Papers)
Although a stranger to you I have taken the liberty of addressing to you a letter with a view of gaining information & advice on a subject in which I am much concerned—I have it in contemplation to set forward shortly to some literary institution in order to commence a course of studies and hearing of the advantages held forth by the University of Virginia—which—altho the institution is as yet...