1List of Batture-Related Papers Requested from Wiliam C. C. Claiborne, [ca. 1 August 1810] (Jefferson Papers)
Wanting in the case of the batture. (copy deliv d to Gov r Claiborne ) Edict of 1664. granting to the West India company the islands & terra firma of America & other countries. cited by mr Derbigny pa. 26 . Ordonnance des eaux et forets de 1669 . Louis XVI XIV
2Thomas Jefferson to George Hay, 1 August 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
Your favor of July 20. was recieved on the 24 th . your conjecture is right that the plank E t c which Livingston’s declaration charges as taken away, was never touched by the marshal . the marshal , attended by his posse, ordered Liv’s people off, and they went off at once & without any opposition. if they left their tools E
3Thomas Jefferson to Jonathan Shoemaker, 1 August 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
I asked the favor of you the other day to give me a copy of your account. it is so long since we have had a settlement, that I am anxious to know the exact state of things between us. I shall be obliged to you therefore now to send me your account. PoC ( MHi ); at foot of text: “M r Jonathan Shoemaker”; endorsed by TJ. Enclosed in TJ to Shoemaker, 6 Aug. 1810 .