Special Message
12/12/1804
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The want of such characters is already sensibly felt, and will be increased with the enlargement of our plans of militar...
I do hereby further require and command all officers having authority, civil or military, and all other persons, civil o...
Besides the advantage of placing it under the immediate eye of the Government, it may render its benefits common to the ...
It has been adjudged that the legal title was not in the city.