1William Caruthers to Thomas Jefferson, 26 March 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
Your Kind Offer of a pair of Lambs I Will accept With many thanks I Will contrive Some Some Way to Get them Over & from your Discription of that Breed of Sheep I have Written to M r Randof to Save me all the Ewe Lambes he Will Spare, (for which I Will pay him his price) I Wish to commence a flock this Summer and We have paid no attention to improveing our Breed of Sheep in this country if I...