Special Message
03/17/1808
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I have suppressed in the documents of the other message the parts which ought not to be made public and have given them ...
This having been lately claimed by a private individual, the city opposed the claim on a supposed legal title in itself.
Besides the advantage of placing it under the immediate eye of the Government, it may render its benefits common to the ...
I request their return, and that their contents may not be made public.