Special Message to Congress on New Orleans
03/06/1808
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The expense as well as the importance of the work renders it a subject proper for the special consideration of Congress.
On mature consideration and advice I approved of the proceeding of the governor.
It can not but be encouraging to those whom the nation has placed in the direction of their affairs to see that their fe...
I now communicate, confidentially, such supplementary portions of the same correspondences as I deem improper for public...