Thomas Jefferson actually said...

"The mass of what I have received in the course of these transactions is voluminous, but little has been given under the sanction of an oath so as to constitute formal and legal evidence."

"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."