The Avalon Project of the Yale University Law School in New Haven, Connecticut presents an August 25, 1775 letter from future U.S. President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) to John Randolph. The letter makes references to the uncomfortable relationship between the American colonies and Great Britain.

Few men stand with as towering a stature in the annals of American legend as THOMAS JEFFERSON (1743-1826). Author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, he ranks as one of the most significant of the United States' Founding Fathers, his political philosophies continuing to impact the nation to this day. In the late 19th century American biographer PAUL LEICESTER FORD (1865-1902) assembled this collection of Jefferson's most important, most influential, and most revealing writings. This replica of the 12-volume "Federal Edition" of 1904 is considered a masterpiece of historical scholarship, praised for its attention to detail as well as its objective dispassion toward its subject. Here, in Volume XI, discover: [ Jefferson's itinerary and chronology, 1808-1816 [ letters from 1808-1816 to such persons as General Benjamin Smith, Meriwether Lewis, Henry Dearborn, the Emperor of Russia, the Marquis De Lafayette, John Jacob Astor, and others [ papers including "Special Message on British Negotiation," "Message on Public Defence," and others.