1From Thomas Jefferson to Philip Mazzei, November 1785 (Jefferson Papers)
You desire me to give you an idea of the Origin and Object of our court of Chancery, the Limits of it’s jurisdiction, and it’s Tendency to render property and liberty more or less secure in a country where that security is infinitely valued. The purpose for which you require this obliges me to be concise, as indeed does my situation here, where, as you know, I am without books which might...
2[From Thomas Jefferson to Philip Mazzei, 10 January 1786] (Jefferson Papers)
[Paris, 10 Jan. 1786. Noted in SJL as written this date, “inclosing letters and mge [mortgage?].” Not found.]