1Robert Bakewell to Thomas Jefferson, 23 December 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
In taking the liberty of requesting Your acceptance of my Book upon Wool I can with much sincerity assure you that my principal motive has been to acknowledge the high esteem & respect I feel for your public character and to express my gratitude for the pleasure I have experienced in contrasting the humane and enlightened policy of your late Government with the destructive and infatuated...