1From Thomas Jefferson to Cornelius C. Blatchly, 21 October 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I return thanks for the pamphlet you have been so kind as to send me on the subject of Commonwealths. it’s moral principles merit entire approbation, it’s philanthropy especially, and it’s views of the equal rights of man. that, on the principle of a communion of property, small societies may exist in habits of virtue, order industry and peace, and consequently in a state of as much happiness...