¶ To Louis-Marie Turreau. Letter not found. 20 September 1806. Acknowledged in Turreau to JM, 30 Sept. 1806, as declining Turreau’s request for a loan from the U.S. government to repair French ships in U.S. harbors (see Turreau to JM, 13 Sept. 1806). For evidence suggesting that the 20 Sept. date of this letter may have been misread or otherwise confused, see JM to Thomas Jefferson, 22 Sept. 1806; Jefferson to JM, 23 Sept. 1806; and JM to Jefferson, 27 Sept. 1806.