41From Thomas Jefferson to United States Congress, 27 October 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
Circumstances, fellow Citizens, which seriously threatened the peace of our Country have made it a duty to convene you at an earlier period than usual. the love of peace so much cherished in the bosom of our Citizens, which has so long guided the proceedings of their public Councils, & induced forbearance under so many wrongs, may not ensure our continuance in the quiet pursuits of industry....
42From Thomas Jefferson to United States Congress, 25 February 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I now lay before Congress a statement of the militia of the United States, according to the latest returns recieved by the Department of War DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
43From Thomas Jefferson to United States Congress, 22 March 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
In a separate message of this date I have communicated to Congress so much as may be made public of papers which give a full view of the present state of our relations with the two contending powers of France & England. every one must be sensible that in the details of instructions for negociating a treaty, and in the correspondence & conferences respecting it, matters will occur which...
44From Thomas Jefferson to United States Congress, 30 December 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I lay before the legislature a letter from Governour Claiborne, on the subject of a small tribe of Alibama Indians, on the Western side of the Missisipi, consisting of about a dozen families. like other erratic tribes in that country, it is understood that they have hitherto moved from place to place according to their convenience, without appropriating to themselves exclusively any particular...
45From Thomas Jefferson to United States Congress, 15 April 1806 (Jefferson Papers)
The Senate having advised & consented to the ratification of a treaty concluded with the Piankeshaw Indians for extinguishing their claim to the country between the Wabash and Kaskaskia cessions, it is now laid before both houses for the exercise of their constitutional powers as to the means of fulfilling it on our part. DNA : RG 233—LRHR—Legislative Records of the House of Representatives.
46From Thomas Jefferson to United States Congress, 5 January 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
I communicate for the information of Congress the report of the Director of the mint, of the operations of that establishment during the last year. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
47From Thomas Jefferson to United States Congress, 5 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I transmit to each house of Congress a Copy of the laws of the territory of Michigan, passed by the Governor & Judges of the territory during the year one thousand eight hundred and five. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.
48From Thomas Jefferson to United States Congress, 22 March 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
I inclose two messages, the one public, the other confidential, with their respective documents under separate covers. those of the Confidential message consist only of such passages or articles as, being improper for publication, have been stricken out of the papers of the other. it is probable therefore that both may be better understood by being read alternately, taking up each separate...
49From Thomas Jefferson to United States Congress, 2 February 1808 (Jefferson Papers)
Having recieved an official communication of certain orders of the British government against the Maritime rights of Neutrals, bearing date the 11th. of November 1807. I transmit them to Congress, as a further proof of the increasing dangers to our Navigation and Commerce which led to the provident measure of the act of the present session laying an embargo on our own vessels. DNA : RG...
50From Thomas Jefferson to United States Congress, 27 January 1807 (Jefferson Papers)
I now render to Congress the Account of the fund established for defraying the Contingent expences of government for the year 1806. No occasion having arisen for making use of any part of the balance of 18,012. Dollars 50. cents unexpended on the 31st. day of December 1805. that balance remains in the treasury. DNA : RG 46—Records of the U.S. Senate.