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On the recordJuly 1, 1807
This extreme resort is equally opposed to the interests of both, as it is to assurances of the most friendly dispositions on the part of the British Government.
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Thomas Jefferson
Democratic Republican · Virginia

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Proclamation 14—Requiring Removal of British Armed Vessels From United States Ports and Waters

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