1To Thomas Jefferson from Joel Barlow, 25 August 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I have recieved your kind letter by Mr. Dawson, and be assured no man in America rejoices more sincerely than I do at the change of political measures & the happy reconciliation of parties of which it speaks. I do not congratulate you, but my country, on the event of your election. I now indulge myself in the hope that we are not to lose the fruits of former labors, but that we may be wise...
2To Thomas Jefferson from Joel Barlow, 4 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
I wrote you some time ago by Mr. Dawson and mentioned my intention of returning to America early in the spring. I still adhere to this intention, and am happy to learn by every letter from that country that the violence of party spirit is abated & that all honest men seem cordially united in support of your administration. I am persuaded that your election was the only means of uniting them...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Joel Barlow, 26 October 1801 (Jefferson Papers)
Mr. Fulton’s letter giving an account of his experiments in submarine navigation is to accompany this. In the present state of the naval system of Europe every project for establishing the liberty of the seas on a permanent basis seems to be attended with so many difficulties that I am sometimes inclined to think the one he proposes may be found the most simple as well as the most effectual...