Special Message
12/29/1808
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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 ...
That no means might be omitted to produce this salutary effect, I lost no time in availing myself of the act authorizing...
Besides the advantage of placing it under the immediate eye of the Government, it may render its benefits common to the ...
Our ministers at London and Paris were instructed to explain to the respective Governments there our disposition to exer...