Thomas Jefferson actually said...

Delays, indeed, have taken place, occasioned by the long illness and subsequent death of the British minister charged with that duty.

I have the satisfaction to inform you that the negotiation depending between the United States and the Government of Great Britain is procee...

I can not, therefore, but recommend the suspension of this act for a reasonable time, on considerations of justice, amity, and the public in...

It is, however, a work of time, as many arrangements are necessary to place our future harmony on stable grounds.