12/01/1807
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"Our expectation was that an intercourse should be kept up between the ex-Bashaw and the commodore."
"In all these cases the purity and patriotism of the motives should shield the agent from blame, and even secure a sanction where the error is not too injurious."
"I now communicate to the House of Representatives all the information which the executive offices furnish on the subject of their resolution of the 23d instant respecting the States indebted to the Un..."
"The governor and presiding judge of the Territory of Michigan have made a report to me of the state of that Territory, several matters in which being within the reach of the legislative authority only..."