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Mar 29, 1808

every new information confirms the prudence of guarding against these designs

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Jan 12, 1809

I now render to Congress the account of the fund established for defraying the contingent expenses of Government for the year 1808.

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Apr 7, 1808

I must repeat, therefore, my firm belief that the letters of Nimmo of November 28, 1806, and of John Smith of January, 1807, never came to my hands, and that if such were written (and Nimmo's letter expressly mentions his of November 28)…

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Apr 18, 1808

such combinations are too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by the laws of the United States

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