Special Message
03/28/1808
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I transmit to both Houses of Congress a letter from the envoy of His Britannic Majesty at this place to the Secretary of...
The idea suggested by him of removing the institution to this place is also worthy of attention.
This having been lately claimed by a private individual, the city opposed the claim on a supposed legal title in itself.
The Cherokees readily consented, for a moderate compensation, that the line should be so run as to include all the water...