Note 1161 — Chapter IX
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Jefferson to Wilkinson, June 21, 1807, Wilkinson: Memoirs, ii, Appendix xxx. Jefferson's letter also contains the following: "You have, indeed, had a fiery trial at New Orleans, but it was soon apparent that the clamorous were only the criminal, endeavouring to turn the public attention from themselves, and their leader, upon any other object.... Your enemies have filled the public ear with slanders, and your mind with trouble, on that account. The establishment of their guilt, will ... place you on higher ground in the public estimate, and public confidence."