I transmit, for the information of Congress, copies of a correspondence between John Mitchell, agent for American prisoners of war at Halifax, and the British admiral commanding at that station.
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The most the bank could effect, would be to keep the institution alive by limited and local transactions
The bank proposed will be free from all legal obligation to cooperate with the public measures
The British cabinet, either mistaking our desire of peace for a dread of British power or misled by other fallacious calculations, has disappointed this reasonable anticipation.
Supplies of the most essential kinds find their way not only to British ports and British armies at a distance.
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