Hezekiah Niles to Thomas Jefferson, 24 July 1823
From Hezekiah Niles
Baltimore July 24. 1823.
Honored & dear Sir,
I have to acknowledge your letter of the 15th, With 5$ on account of the Weekly Register, which now has its direction to Charlotteville instead of Milton, as required.
The people of the United States are now deeply engaged in considering who shall succeed in the Presidency. May their differences of opinion be so regarded, as to inspire a belief that there is no difference of principle among them!—And the result, let the choice fall on whom it may, be for the good of our country.
We rejoice to hear that your health is measurably restored—may you long remain to enjoy whatever affords pleasure to you in the evening of life!
H Niles
RC (MHi); endorsed by TJ as received 31 July 1823 from “Niles H.” and so recorded (as a letter from “Niles Henry”) in SJL. RC (DLC); address cover only; with Dft of TJ to William B. Giles, 29 Aug. 1823, on verso; addressed: “Thomas Jefferson Late president of the U.S. Charlotteville, Va”; franked; postmarked Baltimore, 26 July.
TJ’s letter of the 15th, not found, is recorded in SJL as addressed to “Niles Henry,” with the additional bracketed notation: “5.D.”
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