Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from H. Bredaugh, 24 January 1803

From H. Bredaugh

Philada. January 24th 1802 [i.e. 1803]

Mr. Jefferson I thing that you are not acting wright about Orleans the Cittizens would certainly all love & esteam you much more If you wold only give them leave to take that place because if the French Comes there and takes possesion the will always be sparing with us but only give us leave and we will take it without the least Hesitation only think the Back Countries will become1 fit for nothing all those fine objects will become waste the Kiantuckians have often said that only give them leave and the will go down and take it without reserve

H Bredaugh

RC (DLC); endorsed by TJ as a letter of 24 Jan. 1803 received 27 Jan. and so recorded in SJL.

1. MS: “bcome.”

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    To Thomas Jefferson from H. Bredaugh, 24 January 1803
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    Bredaugh, H.
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    24 January 1803

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from H. Bredaugh, 24 January 1803,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-39-02-0333. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 39, 13 November 1802–3 March 1803, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012, p. 386.]