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Thomas Jefferson: “The result has been an acquisition of so much only of what would have been acceptable as extends from the neighborhood…”

On the recordJanuary 14, 1808
The result has been an acquisition of so much only of what would have been acceptable as extends from the neighborhood of Saguina Bay to the Miami of the Lakes, with a prospect of soon obtaining a breadth of 2 miles for a communication from the Miami to the Connecticut Reserve.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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