“[To Thomas Jefferson from Nicolas & Jacob van Staphorst, 27 October 1785],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-08-02-0531. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 8, 25 February–31 October 1785, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1953, p. 680.]