Special Message
03/10/1844
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I must be permitted to disclaim entirely and unqualifiedly the right on the part of the Executive to make any real or su...
The urgent demands of the service for the Gulf of Mexico and the substitution of iron for wood in the construction of sh...
The Secretary of the Navy will be instructed to lay before you suitable estimates of the cost of constructing so many sh...
I will also add that it in no measure detracts from the value of the improvement contemplated in the construction of the...