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ADftS, DLC:TJ, 1p, with TJ docket "Mills Robert. Mar. 3. 26."; printed, Washington, D.C.,
Daily National Intelligencer, Wednesday, 25 October 1826. The printed copy is headed
"Extracts of a letter from Mr. Jefferson to Mr. Robert Mills, of South Carolina," and is
accompanied by a letter to the editor that reads: "Gentlemen: As the following letter from
Mr. Jefferson to one of his confidential friends, accepting of a splendid work of the State of
South Carolina, may, at this time, be acceptable to the friends of that great man, it is
perfectly at your service for publication. M."