1From Thomas Jefferson to George Jefferson, 20 December 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I gave a note last August or September to Craven Peyton for 558. D 14 c payable at your counting house some time this month. the session of Congress & the season occasioning accumulated demands on me, I wrote to ask him if the note was still in his own hands, to let it lie over according to his convenience, but whenever necessary for him, it should be paid. he writes me he had just sent it to...
2From Thomas Jefferson to Mawlay Sulayman, Sultan of Morocco, 20 December 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
I learnt with great concern the acts of violence which took place between some vessels of your Majesty and of the United States, and with equal pleasure that you had promptly interposed & arrested the progress of the misunderstanding. this proof of your dispositions to remain in friendship with the US. is duly estimated on my part, and will be reciprocated on all occasions, by corresponding...