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The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 7 (of 9)

Note 29 — PART I. REPORTS AND OPINIONS WHILE SECRETARY OF STATE. (continued 3)

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"The use of the banks belong also to the public by the laws of nations, as the use of the river itself does. Therefore, every one is free to moor his vessel to the bank, to fasten his cables to the trees growing on it, to deposit the cargo of his vessel in those places in like manner as every one is free to navigate the river itself."

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