1Peter Minor to Thomas Jefferson, 16 August 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I return you the Act which you so obligingly enclosed to me yesterday , with my thanks for your friendly & polite consideration of me as a person qualified to fill the office of a principal assessor. Such an office would interfere but little with my present avocations. I therefore agree to accept the appointment if confered on me, with the hope that your sef self & other intelligent Friends...
2Peter Minor to Thomas Jefferson, 15 November 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
I stated to you the other day in conversations that I believed the directors of the Rivanna Company were entirely satisfied with the Law respecting the navigation of our River , as it was amended last year winter by the Senate ; A copy of which you have Seen. I have now the pleasure of confirming that statement. The matter has been agitated in full meeting & decided unanimously that the...