The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 42

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Confessing that he may be acting "with more boldness than wisdom, " Jefferson in November 1803 drafts a bill to create Orleans Territory, which he entrusts to John Breckinridge for introduction in the Senate. The administration sends stock certificates to France in payment for Louisiana. Relieved that affairs in the Mediterranean have improved with