Day-by-Day / March 20, 1803

March 20, 1803

The Rio Norte

Monticello, VA Thomas Jefferson discusses the location of the “Rio Norte” with Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin who has hired a cartographer to draw a map for the Expedition’s use.

The Mysterious Rio Norte

Monticello Mar. 20. 1803.

Dear Sir

. . . . .

I do not find in my library any thing which can throw light on the geography of the Rio Norte. certainly we find his [John Mitchill’s 1755] map much nearer the truth than could have been expected considering when it was made. hence I conclude that his delineation of the Rio Norte is more to be credited than any other, not excepting Danville & Delisle. Accept my best affections.

Th: Jefferson[1]Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-40-02-0071 accessed 15 May 2022. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas … Continue reading

 

Notes

Notes
1 Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-40-02-0071 accessed 15 May 2022. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 40, 4 March–10 July 1803, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013, pp. 89–90.]

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