Thomas Jefferson actually said...

In order to correct the error, I have canceled the temporary commissions, and now revoke the nomination which I made of the said Jonathan Pa...

According to the request expressed in your resolution of the 18th instant, I now transmit a copy of my proclamation interdicting our harbors...

I have thought it due to the Senate as well as to myself to explain to them the circumstances which have withheld from their knowledge, as t...

I shall think it my duty to lay before you the proceedings and the evidence publicly exhibited on the arraignment of the principal offenders...