Special Message
03/29/1808
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With a view to this I submit the case to the consideration of Congress, who, estimating its importance and reviewing the...
It is by no means proposed that these works should be conducted on account of the United States.
They probably believed it best to let pass into oblivion transactions which, however culpable, had commenced before this...
We may daily expect more authentic and particular information on the subject from Mr. Lear, who was residing as our cons...