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Thomas Jefferson: “I now transmit to both Houses of Congress a report of the commissioners appointed under the act of March 29, 1806…”

On the recordDecember 12, 1808
I now transmit to both Houses of Congress a report of the commissioners appointed under the act of March 29, 1806, concerning a road from Cumberland to Ohio, being a statement of the proceedings under the said act since their last report communicated to Congress, in order that Congress may be enabled to adopt such further measures as may be proper under existing circumstances.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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