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Thomas Jefferson: “Of the gun boats authorized by the act of December last, it has been thought necessary to build only 103 in the present…”

On the recordNovember 7, 1808
Of the gun boats authorized by the act of December last, it has been thought necessary to build only 103 in the present year.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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Eighth Annual Message

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