Special Message
12/05/1805
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To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:I now lay before Congress a statement of the militia of ...
The idea suggested by him of removing the institution to this place is also worthy of attention.
It is by no means proposed that these works should be conducted on account of the United States.
These have been much exceeded by the cost of the work done, a fact not known to me till the close of the season.