I have the honor to be, with sentiments of the most perfect esteem and
respect, Sir, your most obedient and most humble
servant,
Th: Jefferson.
LETTER CXCIX.--TO GENERAL WASHINGTON, May 10, 1780
TO GENERAL WASHINGTON.
Paris, May 10, 1780,
Sir,
I am now to acknowledge, the honor of your two letters of November the
27th and February the 13th, both of which have come to hand since my
last to you of December the 4th and 5th. The details you are so good as
to give me on the subject of the navigation of the waters of the Potomac
and Ohio, are very pleasing to me, as I consider the union of those two
rivers, as among the strongest links of connection between the eastern
and western sides of our confederacy. It will, moreover, add to the
commerce of Virginia, in particular, all the upper parts of the Ohio and
its waters. Another vast object, and of much less difficulty, is to add
also, all the country on the lakes and their waters. This would enlarge
our field immensely, and would certainly be effected by an union of
the upper waters of the Ohio and lake Erie.
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