RC (DLC); in a clerk’s hand, signed by Yznardi; at foot of text: “To His Excellency. Thomas Jefferson President of the United States of America—Washington”; endorsed by TJ as received 5 Sep. and so recorded in SJL. Enclosures: (1) Address expressing the gratitude of America “to Divine Providence,” signed “J.Y.”; noting that after 28 years of independence the population of the United States has doubled, and the last census shows that the increase is largely due to births rather than immigration; Americans can “with manly pride reflect upon our envious State of Prosperity”; he lauds the acquisition of Louisiana, “by which our Agriculture & Navigation will undoubtedly encrease to the astonishment of all the World,” and commends “the Wisdom & Conduct of our actual Administration who has accomplished this grand object, at an expence, which compared to the numerous advantages we shall derive from it, is so very inconsiderable, that it is scarce worth mentioning”; also praising “the able Negociator”—Monroe—“who to serve his Country, left his Seat of quiet, to cross the troubled Occean, & appear at a Court, where he had before been a favourite Minister to exert his Patriotism in the advantages of his Country”; he expresses gratitude that on “this Memorable Day” of celebration, the United States is “free from the Clashing of Arms, which is now again about to involve all Europe in Blood & Slaughter” (Tr in same, in a clerk’s hand; Tr in same, unsigned, in a clerk’s hand, in Spanish, expressing the same sentiments). (2) List of 11 toasts given at the dinner at Yznardi’s house on 4 July; the third toast is to TJ, “The friend of Man: May we esteem his virtues as freemen, but not adulate him as slaves,” and the eighth is to “The tree of liberty: planted by Franklin, cultivated by Washington and preserved by Jefferson” (Tr in same, in a clerk’s hand). (3) Extract, likely from the Gibraltar Chronicle, dated Gibraltar, 4 July, announcing that a British sloop of war captured two French vessels that were at anchor near a Spanish fort; although this regretful incident could lead to war between Britain and Spain if the prizes are not returned, “the question must be decided by the Admiralty” (Tr in same, in a clerk’s hand). Other enclosures not found.