1From George Washington to Thomas Jefferson, 29 March 1784 (Washington Papers)
...streams and short portages to the Ohio River and the Great Lakes. See particularly
2To Thomas Jefferson from James Madison, 17 October 1784 (Jefferson Papers)
...independence and liberty: Your Father over the great lake will take them by the hand,...
3Abigail Adams to Thomas Jefferson, 20 December 1785 (Adams Papers)
...of forts on the American shores of the Great Lakes; America’s resistance to paying debts...