Thomas Jefferson said...

I suppose it will be the interest of the United States to encourage the wandering tribes of that country to reduce thems...

To prevent altogether the entrance of large vessels, a line of blocks across the harbor has been contemplated.

I transmit to both Houses of Congress a letter from the envoy of His Britannic Majesty at this place to the Secretary of...

The works undertaken at New York are calculated to annoy and endanger any naval force which shall enter the harbor.