12/14/1806
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"I now render to Congress the account of the fund established for defraying the contingent expenses of Government for the year 1808."
"$990 were paid to the order of Governor Williams on the same account."
"The same considerations of expense and importance render this also a question for the special decision of Congress."
"The works undertaken at New York are calculated to annoy and endanger any naval force which shall enter the harbor."