On the recordMarch 19, 1804
This accident renders it expedient to increase our force and enlarge our expenses in the Mediterranean beyond what the last appropriation for the naval service contemplated.
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presidency.ucsb.eduThomas Jefferson: “This accident renders it expedient to increase our force and enlarge our expenses in the Mediterranean beyond what the…”
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Special Message to Congress on the Wreck of the U.S.S. Philadelphia in Tripoli
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