1From Thomas Jefferson to John Walker, 7 February 1790 (Jefferson Papers)
Your letter was delivered me at the moment we were proceeding to a settlement of the accounts of my father’s estate with the executors. We were afterwards obliged to take a journey to Mr. Nicholas’s in Buckingham to get some explanations, and it is not till now that I can give you information, on the subject of your letter , which is probably right. The account assigned to you was against my...