J. H Tiffany to John Adams, March 18, 1819

Schoharie Bridge, N.Y. 18 March, 1819.

Venerable Sir.

Will you be pleased to accept of the accompanying political charts of 6 tables or sheets; & may I solicit your Suggestions of improvement & correction of the plan & matter? I hope, to be enabled to furnish a more ample & correct edition in 1821.

The Appendix will contain matters not susceptible of tabular exhibition; & among other things, definitions of political terms to which certain & uniform Signification should be annexed—To claim & maintain our Rights, we must know them;—they can only be known by definition. None can define them with such perspicuity & authority as those who concieved & accomplished [ , Start insertion, the , End, ] objects of the American revolution.

May I therefore, assume to ask of you definitions, appropriate to the American genius & institutions, of the terms—

The 1st. & 2d. are particularly interesting. It is quite probable that some of these are defined in your “Defence of the Am. Const.”; but it is my misfortune never to have had an opportunity to see these volumes & they are now become very rare.

Sir Yours— / With very great respect—

J. H. Tiffany.