1To James Madison from Carlos Martínez de Yrujo, 12 October 1803 (Madison Papers)
I have received your letter of the 4th. current in reply to those which I had the honor to write you on the 4 and 27th. of last month; and as you, without entring into the examination of the powerful reasons, which in the name of the King my master I unfolded therein, against the sale of Luisiana, you refer generally to the explanations which as you inform me, the Minister of the United States...
2To James Madison from Daniel Clark, 13 October 1803 (Madison Papers)
I forward to you a Sketch of a Survey of the two districts of Opelousas and Atacapas, with the Country and Creeks which afford a Communication between them and the Mississippi, and it may be depended on as the most exact, indeed the only good one hitherto made. This survey extends to within 3 or 4 leagues of the Sea and the Country comprehended in it is likely to become the most valuable in...