Thomas Jefferson said...

That no means might be omitted to produce this salutary effect, I lost no time in availing myself of the act authorizing...

From these causes the defense of our seaboard, so necessary to be pressed during the present season, will in various par...

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

Besides the advantage of placing it under the immediate eye of the Government, it may render its benefits common to the ...