1To Thomas Jefferson from Robert R. Livingston, 28 October 1802 (Jefferson Papers)
: Joseph Bonaparte participated in the negotiation of the Convention of 1800 between the United States and France, and his estate at Môrtefontaine was the site of the ceremony to commemorate the pact’s signing (
2To James Madison from Robert R. Livingston, [14] March 1802 (Madison Papers)
...and those in U.S. vessels and that the British legislature was considering a similar law. He urged Talleyrand to examine “the alterations that will be made between the relative situation of Great Britain, the United States and France by the reciprocal repeal of discriminating duties by the two former, while they continue to burthen and impede the activity of commerce between the two...