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Thomas Jefferson: “The Senate will judge whether the prospect it offers will justify a longer suspension of that portion of indemnities…”

On the recordDecember 20, 1803
The Senate will judge whether the prospect it offers will justify a longer suspension of that portion of indemnities conceded by Spain should she now take no advantage of the lapse of the period for ratification.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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