Special Message
11/13/1803
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Of the gun boats authorized by the act of December last, it has been thought necessary to build only 103 in the present ...
These have been much exceeded by the cost of the work done, a fact not known to me till the close of the season.
The documents containing the correspondences on the subject of the foreign edicts against our commerce, with the instruc...
It is found that no steps have been taken for the purpose.