George Washington actually said...

Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives:

I lay before you the copy of a letter from the President of the National Assembly of France to the President of the United States, and of a ...

I have not by this first act given to the said territory the whole extent of which it is susceptible in the direction of the river, because ...

I have thought best to await a survey of the territory before it is decided on what particular spot on the northeastern side of the river th...