Thomas Jefferson actually said...

It must be superfluous to observe that this species of naval armament is proposed merely for defensive operation; that it can have but littl...

The efficacy of gunboats for the defense of harbors and of other smooth and inclosed waters may be estimated in part from that of galleys fo...

I communicate, for the information of Congress, a letter from Cowles Mead, secretary of the Mississippi Territory, to the Secretary of War, ...

I now lay his memoir thereon before the Legislature, the only authority competent to a final decision on the same.