1To Thomas Jefferson from Joseph Barnes, 10 April 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
In my Letter dat’d Feb. 14th., to you my best friend Mr Jefferson, I Specified the circumstances in which I presumed the English expedition to Egypt would prove Abortive —which is the result— In consequence of the great despot of the East having guarranteed the French in Egypt, &, of the powerful influence he had over the Ottoman Court, the Grand Siegnor has refused permission for the English...