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On the recordFebruary 18, 1808
In forming this decision I shall pay material regard to the interests and wishes of the populous parts of the State of Ohio and to a future and convenient connection with the road which is to lead from the Indian boundary near Cincinnati by Vincennes to the Mississippi at St. Louis.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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