[252] Pichon to Talleyrand, 1 Ventôse, An xi. (Feb. 20, 1803); Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.
[253] Pichon to Talleyrand, 18 Messidor, An xii. (July 7, 1803); Archives des Aff. Étr., MSS.
[254] Jefferson to Earl of Buchan, July 10, 1803; Works, iv. 493.
[255] Jefferson to General Gates, July 11, 1803; Works, iv. 494.
[256] State Papers, ii. 382.
[257] State Papers, ii. 584.
[258] Gallatin to Jefferson, Aug. 18, 1803; Gallatin’s Works, i. 140.
[259] King to Madison, April 10, 1802; MSS. State Department Archives.
[260] Merry to Hammond, Dec. 7, 1803; MSS. British Archives.
[261] Thornton to Hawkesbury, Dec. 9, 1801; MSS. British Archives.