1To Thomas Jefferson from James B. Richardson, 4 April 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
The requisitions made by you in pursuance of the request from the House of Representatives of the United States have been received, and shall be duly attended to; all vigorous exertions shall be used to put this State in the best possible situation of defence by having the Militia diciplin’d and well armed, the latter of which they are deficient in, tho’ the attention of the Legislature has...