Extract from Dabney Carr (1773–1837) to Nicholas Philip Trist, 12 July 1826 [Quote]
The loss of Mr. Jefferson is one over which the whole world will mourn. He was one of those ornaments and benefactors of the human race, whose death forms an epoch, and creates a sensation throughout the whole circle of civilized man ... To me he has been more than a father, and I have ever loved...