Special Message
11/14/1804
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The expense as well as the importance of the work renders it a subject proper for the special consideration of Congress.
To prevent altogether the entrance of large vessels, a line of blocks across the harbor has been contemplated.
According to the request of the Senate in their resolution of November 14, that copies should be laid before them of all...
The works undertaken at New York are calculated to annoy and endanger any naval force which shall enter the harbor.