Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document <div class="opener"> Full Transcription (Provided by Founders Online) Washington Dec.23.03 Dear Sir Your favor of Nov. 16. recieved Nov. 26. is now before me and I inclose you a letter of mr <a href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-42-02-0145#TSJN-01-42-02-0145-kw-0001" title="Jump to note about 'Gore'…" class="keyword">Gore</a>, which I presume we may consider as the final result of our endeavor to procure an asylum in the colony of Sierra Leone for such persons of the description composing that colony as we might find it expedient to send there. </div> Since the date of the <a href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-42-02-0145#TSJN-01-42-02-0145-kw-0002" title="Jump to note about 'resolution'…" class="keyword">resolution</a> which has been the subject of this correspondence, the aspect of affairs in <a href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-42-02-0145#TSJN-01-42-02-0145-kw-0003" title="Jump to note about 'St. Domingo has'…" class="keyword">St. Domingo has undergone important changes</a>. you can judge of the probability of their settling down in a form which may furnish that opening which the resolution desired. as yet however direct propositions for that purpose would be premature. The acquisition of Louisiana, may also procure the opportunity desired. this will depend on the manner in which the legislature of the Union will dispose of that country. an expectation of some decision as to this had induced me to delay answering your letter earlier: but no progress being yet made in it, and a fear that the legislature of Virginia might rise before definitive arrangements are taken here, I do not venture on a further delay. On the whole it appears probable that St. Domingo or Louisiana may open to the legislature of Virginia the recourse which their resolution contemplates. Accept my affectionate salutations and assurances of great consideration and respect. <div class="closer"> Th: Jefferson </div> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 23 December 1803 Subject The topic of the resource St. Domingo & Louisiana Description An account of the resource This letter is written by Thomas Jefferson in 1803 to John Page. Within the letter Jefferson discusses a plan to send freed slaves to Sierra Leone following the end of the Haitian Revolution. Jefferson also discusses the implications that the purchase of the Louisiana territory would have on the US. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Thomas Jefferson Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived “From Thomas Jefferson to John Page, 23 December 1803.” Founders Online, University of Virginia Press. http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-42-02-0145. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Founders Online Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 23, December, 1803 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hunter Shenk Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter Haitian Revolution John Page Letter Louisiana Louisiana Purchase Sierra Leone St. Domingo St. Domingue Thomas Jefferson