Thomas Jefferson said...

I am in the habit of noting daily in the list kept for that purpose the letters I receive daily by the names of the writ...

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:I now lay before Congress a statement of the militia of ...

The want of such characters is already sensibly felt, and will be increased with the enlargement of our plans of militar...

These have been much exceeded by the cost of the work done, a fact not known to me till the close of the season.