Confidential Letter to Congress

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In this letter to Congress, President Jefferson explained his plan to use trade as a weapon in his effort to put more white farmers on Indian land. Jefferson wanted to establish government-sponsored trading posts in the West. He believed that Indians would become heavily indebted to these trading posts and be forced to give up land to pay their debts.


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