Special Message to Congress on New Orleans
03/06/1808
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I do hereby further require and command all officers having authority, civil or military, and all other persons, civil o...
to the end that the authority of the laws may be maintained
I must repeat, therefore, my firm belief that the letters of Nimmo of November 28, 1806, and of John Smith of January, 1...
With a view to this I submit the case to the consideration of Congress, who, estimating its importance and reviewing the...