1Adamson Tannehill to Tobias Lear, 8 March 1790 (Washington Papers)
From the small acquaintance I had of you while at this place, have taken the liberty of requesting you, that if there should be any public appointment in this Country that may be the Gift of his Excellency the Presidt of the U. States, you would be pleased to mention me to him to that effect; Should address his Excellency on the subject, but a becoming modesty forbids it. Therefore if any...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Adamson Tannehill, 13 January 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
It is with heart felt regret, that your children of this tribe have heard of thy resolution to retire from the duties of protecting thy children; because we look around with anxiety for a successor, equal to the arduous task of binding them in the great chain of union and friendship, equal to yourself. We must trust, however, that the Great Spirit, who directs and rules all things, will direct...