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A compilation made by direction of President Jefferson from information furnished by Dr. John Sibley, of Natchitoches, La., and others. cf. Jefferson's Writings, ed. by P. L. Ford, v. 10, 1899, p. 338; and S. L. Mitchill's Discourse on ... Jefferson , 1826, p. 27.
Transmitted to Congress by Jefferson, November 14, 1803.
Contains also "The Louisiana territory." From McMaster's History of the people of the U. S., v. 2, p. 631, and "The Louisiana purchase." From Henry Adams's History of the U. S., II, p. 48.
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