1Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 17 February 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
derived from the French title; gave the history of the French claims from 1673 to 1803; and concluded that the current disagreement between the United States and Spain grew out of the 1803 treaty between the United States and France in which the latter sold its Louisiana lands to the
2Thomas Jefferson to James Monroe, 1 January 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
United States; and France [index entry]