Special Message
03/04/1806
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It is found that no steps have been taken for the purpose.
they prove more and more the expediency of retaining our vessels, our seamen, and property within our own harbors until ...
Of the gun boats authorized by the act of December last, it has been thought necessary to build only 103 in the present ...
That no means might be omitted to produce this salutary effect, I lost no time in availing myself of the act authorizing...