From George Washington to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, 8 March 1796

To the United States Senate and House of Representatives

United States March 8. 1796

Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives

I send herewith, for the information of Congress, the treaty concluded between the United States and the Dey and Regency of Algiers.1

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1. The enclosed copy of the treaty of 5 Sept. 1795, with a statement of approval by David Humphreys dated 28 Nov. 1795, is filed with this message. Timothy Pickering certified the document as “A true copy.” See also Miller, Treaties, description begins Hunter Miller, ed. Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America. Vol. 2, 1776-1818. Washington, D.C., 1931. description ends 275–317.

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Title: From George Washington to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, 8 March 1796
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: United States Senate and House of Representatives
Date: 8 March 1796

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Cite as: “From George Washington to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, 8 March 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-19-02-0442. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 19, 1 October 1795–31 March 1796, ed. David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, p. 542.]

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