Thomas Jefferson actually said...

Indeed, it would be the most proper and acceptable form in which the annuity could be paid which we propose to give them for the cession.

In the strengthening and gratifying of these wants I see the only prospect of planting on the Mississippi itself the means of its own safety...

We consequently undersell private traders, foreign and domestic, drive them from the competition, and thus, with the good will of the Indian...

The Spanish Government listened to our proposition with an honorable readiness and agreed to a convention, which I now submit for your advic...