Note 1524 — Chapter IX
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An autograph letter of Jefferson to Washington, Feb. 10, 1780, urging reinforcements for Clark, is in the Sparks MSS., xlix. vol. iii. Various intercepted letters of Clark, including one of Sept. 23, 1779, to Jefferson, about fortifying the mouth of the Ohio, are among the Carleton Papers, in the London Institution, and are copied in the Sparks MSS., xiii. On May 26, 1780, St. Louis had been attacked by the English with Indian allies (Mag. Western Hist., Feb., 1785, p. 271, by Oscar W. Collet). It was through Vigo that Clark established intimate relations with the Spanish lieutenant-governor De Leyba, and Clark is said to have offered assistance in the defence of that Spanish post.—Ed.