Special Message
12/12/1804
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From the State of Delaware alone no return has been made.
Under a continuance of the belligerent measures which, in defiance of laws which consecrate the rights of neutrals, over...
To prevent altogether the entrance of large vessels, a line of blocks across the harbor has been contemplated.
The same considerations of expense and importance render this also a question for the special decision of Congress.