Special Message to Congress on New Orleans
03/06/1808
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Before this convention was returned to Spain with our ratification the transfer of Louisiana by France to the United States took place, an e...
Then high offense was manifested at the act of Congress establishing a collection district on the Mobile, although by an authentic declarati...
She was prompt and decided in her declarations that our demands on Spain for French spoliations carried into Spanish ports were included in ...
It was first manifested by her protest against the right of France to alienate Louisiana to us, which, however, was soon retracted and the r...