From Thomas Jefferson to United States Congress, 10 December 1805
6-10 Dec. 1805
Documents to shew that the settlement of Bayou Pierre on the Red river, at which a principal aggression took place, was originally made by France while possessing Louisiana, and came to the possession of Spain only by the general delivery of Louisiana to her, and as a part of it.
DNA: RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.