On the recordJanuary 12, 1809
I now render to Congress the account of the fund established for defraying the contingent expenses of Government for the year 1808.
Source
presidency.ucsb.eduEditor's note · Context
Special Message
Share
More from Thomas Jefferson
Nov 7, 1808
The favorable reception of the proposition to Great Britain was the less to be doubted, as her orders of council had not only been referred for their vindication to an acquiescence on the part of the United States no longer to be…
Dec 29, 1808
The establishment of towns and growing attachments to them will furnish in some degree pledges of their peaceable and friendly conduct.
Dec 31, 1808
The care of human life and happiness, not their destruction, is the legitimate responsibility of good government.
Feb 24, 1809
I now lay before Congress a statement of the militia of the United States according to the latest returns received by the Department of War.
Other voices in this conversation
