1 Letter, April 19, 1803, appointing James Monroe as United States Minister Plenipotentiary to France, signed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.  Journal, April 27 - May 2, 1803, kept by Monroe in Paris during the Louisiana Purchase negotiations.
From the La Croix website: The flavors are derived from the natural essence oils extracted from the named fruit used in each of our LaCroix flavors. There are no sugars or artificial ingredients contained in, nor added to, these extracted flavors. There are 13 flavors of La Croix: apricot, berry, coconut, cranberry-raspberry, lemon, lime, lemon-lime, mango, orange, pamplemousse (grapefruit), passion fruit, peach-pear, and unflavored.
Real Vanilla is Natural, but Natural Vanilla is Fake. What most gourmands would define as ârealâ and ânaturalâ vanilla flavoring is simple: Vanilla beans steeped in alcohol. But vanillin, the chemical responsible for vanillaâs taste and flavor, is a far more complicated beast. Chemically identical to real vanilla, artificial vanilla can be made from clove oil, pine bark, coal tar, bran, even cow dung. Until fairly recently, the chemical lignin, derived from wood pulp, was the most common way of synthesizing vanillin.