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 Unit...
I rely upon your wisdom to make such arrangements as may be essential for the preservation of good order and the effectu...
I have by a proclamation bearing date this day directed commissioners, appointed in pursuance of the act, to survey and ...
I have thought best to await a survey of the territory before it is decided on what particular spot on the northeastern ...
I have not by this first act given to the said territory the whole extent of which it is susceptible in the direction of...
I do appoint them the said Thomas Johnson, Daniel Carroll and David Stuart, Commissioners for surveying the District of ...
I recommend the same to your consideration, that I may be enabled to give to it such answer as may best comport with the...
I lay before you a representation of the charge' d'affaires of France.
GO. WASHINGTON.
the white people settled on the frontiers had openly violated the said boundary by intruding on the Indian lands