Thomas Jefferson said...

Although nothing forbids the general matter of these letters from being spoken of without reserve, yet as the publicatio...

I transmit them to Congress, as a further proof of the increasing dangers to our navigation and commerce.

To secure ourselves by due precautions an augmentation of our military force, as well regular as of volunteer militia, s...

With a view to this I submit the case to the consideration of Congress, who, estimating its importance and reviewing the...