Thomas Jefferson actually said...

"Great alarm, indeed, was excited at New Orleans by the exaggerated accounts of Mr. Burr."

"Information now recently communicated has brought us nearly to the period contemplated."

"Great zeal was shewn by the inhabitants generally, the merchants of the place readily agreeing to the most laudable exertions and sacrifices for manning the armed vessels with their seamen."

"By this time it was known that many boats were under preparation, stores of provisions collecting, and an unusual number of suspicious characters in motion on the Ohio and its waters."