1From Thomas Jefferson to the President of the Branch Bank of the United States in Washington (Jefferson Papers)
I now send you a letter to the Governor of Virginia, sealed, and covering the affidavits with which I was furnished, demanding the delivery of the fugitives from justice therein named. Also an open certificate that such demand has been made, which I presume will be a sufficient ground to justify their detention by the person in whose custody they are, or their recommitment by the justice of...