1From 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...