1Jedidiah Morse to Thomas Jefferson, 24 February 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
In behalf of the Compiler of the enclosed Work, I transmit to you a copy of it for your acceptance, with a request, that you would do him & me the favor, to give your opinion of its merits as a school book. He is a young man of taste, without property, has completed a course of Law studies, & is now a student in Theology. Your patronage of the work, if, on examining the work it, you shall see...
2Jedidiah Morse to Thomas Jefferson, 16 February 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
I have the honor, in fulfilment of my Official duty, to transmit to you a copy of the Constitution of a Society , just establid established , which recognizes the general System of measures, or rather the spirit of them, which were pursued during your administration in reference to the Indian tribes in our country . From this consideration, I am permitted to indulge