1From James Madison to Charles Thomson, 22 April 1809 (Madison Papers)
Having just recd. the 4th. & last Volume of your Translation of the Septuagint, I beg leave to make my acknowledgments complete for the valuable mark of your friendship afforded by such a present. I have not been able to look much into the text of the translation, much less to compare it with the original; but I know too well your erudition & accuracy, not to rely more on these, than I should...
2Thomas Jefferson to Charles Thomson, 29 January 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
I learnt from your last letter , with much affliction, the severe and singular attack your health has lately sustained; but it’s equally singular and sudden restoration confirms my confidence in the strength of your constitution of body and mind, and my conclusion that neither has recieved hurt, and that you are still ours for a long time to come. we have both much to be thankful for in the...
3Thomas Jefferson to Charles Thomson, 9 January 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
An acquaintance of 52. years, for I think ours dates from 1764. calls for an interchange of notice now & then that we remain in existence, the monuments of another age, and examples of a friendship unaffected by the jarring elements, by which we have been surrounded, of revolutions, of government, of party & of opinion. I am reminded of this duty by the receipt, thro’ our friend D r Patterson...