Thomas Jefferson said...

If an increase of force be now approved, I submit to their consideration the outlines of a plan proposed in the inclosed...

They probably believed it best to let pass into oblivion transactions which, however culpable, had commenced before this...

I am aware that as the consent of the legislature of the State to the purchase of the site may not in some instances hav...

It is by no means proposed that these works should be conducted on account of the United States.