1Thomas Jefferson to Charles F. Welles, 3 December 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I recieved within a few days past your favor of Feb. 29 . (for September I presume) in either case it has been long on the way. it covered the two peices of poetry it referred to. of all the charges brought against me by my political adversaries, that of possessing some science has probably done them the least credit. our countrymen are too enlightened themselves to believe that ignorance is...