Special Message
01/04/1803
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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 ...
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:I now lay before Congress a statement of the militia of ...
The same considerations of expense and importance render this also a question for the special decision of Congress.
Our ministers at London and Paris were instructed to explain to the respective Governments there our disposition to exer...