Thomas Jefferson actually said...

Delays, indeed, have taken place, occasioned by the long illness and subsequent death of the British minister charged with that duty.

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12/02/1806

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a full pardon is hereby proclaimed to each and all of such individuals as shall within four months from the date hereof surrender themselves...

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