1Francis C. Gray to Thomas Jefferson, 24 March 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
On my return to Boston on the 20th instant , I had the honour of receiving your letter of the 4th. for which & for the information it contains I must add new thanks to those which I already owed you. My enquiries on the subject, which you have so kindly and perfectly explained, were more particular, because the word mulatto in the Statutes of Massachusetts received a very singular definition...
2John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 11 December 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
The Bearer of this Letter, after an Education at our Cambridge , travelled with J.Q.A. to Russia , Spent two years in looking at parts of Europe , returned to Boston , read Law with one of our first Professors in Boston , is admitted to the Bar, and now Wishes to have the honour of Seeing Montecello and paying his respects to President Jefferson