The Character of Thomas Jefferson: As Exhibited in His Own Writings |
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Page 158 - when he became a private citizen,' called me to account for expressions in a letter to Mazzei, requiring, in a tone of unusual severity, an explanation of that letter. He adds of himself, ' in what manner the latter humbled himself and appeased the just resentment of Washington will never be known, as some time after his death, the correspondence was not to be found, and a diary for...