1Message to the New York State Assembly, 21 March 1798 (Jay Papers)
IN pursuance of your resolution of the 19 th instant, I have taken measures to be informed of the present intentions of the government of the United States, relative to putting the city and port of New-York in a respectable state of defence—, on receiving that information, it shall be immediately communicated to you. As the constitution of the United States has committed to our national...