1To Thomas Jefferson from Edmund Rogers, 20 November 1823 (Jefferson Papers)
Knowing the interest you take in every improvement of a national character however humble the subject may be, deeming nothing beneath your notice which may tend to promote economy, encourage industry, or add to the independence of our country—I have presumed to ask your acceptance of the Box herewith, containing a small sample of my domestic Coffee. The dearness of the foreign coffee has...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Edmund Rogers, 14 February 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
your letter of Nov. 20. being in the box with the Columbian coffee did not come to hand till the 7 th inst. I thank you for the specimens sent me , and as you have requested my opn of it, duty to you as well as to myself requires that it should be given with truth and candor. the coffee bean, from it’s mild, and smooth, bitter, it’s essential oil & the aroma that gives it is become the...