To Thomas Jefferson from Albert Gallatin, 23 December 1807
23 Dec 1807
Batture
How would it answer 1. to cede to N. Orleans the right of the U.S. to the batture there 2. In order to quiet the apprehensions excited by Livingston, to relinquish to all other ripuarians any claim to the alluvions adjacent to their lands.
A. G.
Adair at Washita. We cannot I believe do any thing with him
DLC: Papers of Thomas Jefferson.