Manuscript/Mixed Material Thomas Jefferson to Robert R. Livingston, April 18, 1802
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Image 1 of Thomas Jefferson to Robert R. Livingston, April 18, 1802 TO THE U. S. MINISTER TO FRANCE J. MSS. (ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON.) Washington, Apr. 18, 1802. Dear Sir —A favorable and a confidential opportunity offering by Mr. Dupont de Nemours, who is...- Date: 1802-04-18
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Image 2 of Thomas Jefferson to Robert R. Livingston, April 18, 1802 The cession of Louisiana and the Floridas by Spain to France works most sorely on the U. S. On this subject the Secretary of State has written to you fully. Yet I...- Date: 1802-04-18
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Image 3 of Thomas Jefferson to Robert R. Livingston, April 18, 1802 possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation. We must turn all our attentions to a maritime force, for which our resources place...- Date: 1802-04-18
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Image 4 of Thomas Jefferson to Robert R. Livingston, April 18, 1802 because we do not bring them forward as a menace, but as consequences not controulable by us, but inevitable from the course of things. We mention them not as things which we...- Date: 1802-04-18