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Thomas Jefferson: “An immediate prohibition of the exportation of arms and ammunition is also submitted to your determination.”

On the recordDecember 2, 1805
An immediate prohibition of the exportation of arms and ammunition is also submitted to your determination.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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Fifth Annual Message

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