1From Thomas Jefferson to Connecticut Officers and Soldiers of the 12th Regiment, 28 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I accept with many thanks the kind expressions of the twelfth regiment of the militia of Connecticut towards myself personally, and with still greater satisfaction their declarations of attachment to our constitution. the principles you profess of peace abroad, tranquility at home, a faithful administration of the government, on it’s genuine principles of republicanism, and arms for it’s...