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What was the main reason that President Thomas Jefferson sent representatives to France?

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President Thomas Jefferson wrote this prediction in an April 1802 letter to Pierre ... to American commerce, so this transfer of authority was cause for concern. ... France could not afford to send forces to occupy the entire Mississippi Valley, ...
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Its letter D
To ensure that americand could use the Mississippi River and access the port of New Orleans
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