Look to Congress — not pirates — for an answer about the U.S. measurement system.
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As Jefferson later learned through correspondence with others, Dombey never made it to the U.S — he was killed while making the journey. Jefferson was informed of this newsfrom a New York merchant, Joseph L'Epine, in 1794, which said Dombey's death was at the hands of British privateers, or British pirates operating with the tacit approval of the King of England:
It is unclear what happened to the items in Dombey's charge. In later correspondence to the French count of Volney in 1796, Jeffersonhis regret at the fate of Dombey and inquired about the metric standards that had been in his charge:
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