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Secret message of President Jefferson...
Secret message of President Jefferson...
Item # 693201
August 13, 1810
CONNECTICUT MIRROR, Hartford, Aug. 13, 1810 The front page begins with the report of a secret message, prefaced with: "The following is given to the public as the celebrated secret message of President Jefferson, on the 6th of Dec. 1805, respecting our relations with Spain and France, concerning Louisiana. As one of the important documents of the Jeffersonian period, we have thought proper to give it to our readers"
The body of the letter includes: "The depredations which have been committed on the commerce of the United States during the preceding war, by persons under the authority of Spain, are sufficiently known to all--These made it a duty to require from that government indemnification for our injured citizens...To obtain justice, as well as to restore friendship, I thought a special mission advisable, and accordingly appointed James Monroe minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary, to repair to Madrid, and in conjunction with our minister resident there, to endeavour to procure the ratification of the former convention and to come to an understanding with Spain, as to the boundaries of Louisiana... But the course to be pursued will require the command of means which it belongs to Congress exclusively to yield or deny...To their wisdom then I lock for the course I am to pursue, and will pursue with sincere zeal that which they shall approve."
Four pages, in great condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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