Virginia J. Randolph (Trist) and Martha Jefferson Randolph to Nicholas P. Trist, 31 May 1822
Your letter reached me last night My Dearest Nicholas, and the tears which I have shed from sympathy in your misfortune, have made my eyes so sore that I can scarcely see to write; I do not offer you consolation, for it will, I know, admit of none but what time brings, and as I hope you have...