1Thomas Jefferson to Philip I. Barziza, 8 February 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved yesterday your favor of the 2 d and should be very glad to bear witness to any truth which might establish your just claim to the property of your grandmother in this country. but I know nothing of any visit of your grandfather to it before the revolution, and unless you have very positive proof I should doubt it, because I was much in Williamsburg about that time. I should still...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Philip I. Barziza, 21 March 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
I am sorry to learn by your fav r of the 10 th that the issue of your claims on the property of your grand mother has been unfavble, and has obliged you to look for subsistence to the barren, & unpromising resources of the govmt. I have almost universally declined becoming a sollicitor before them for appmts to office. it is embarrassing to them and to myself unspeakably unpleasant. but it...