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1From James Madison to Omar Bashaw, [ca. 12 April 1815] (Madison Papers)
Your highness having declared war against the United States of America, and made captives of some of their Citizens, and done them other injuries, without any just cause, the Congress of the United States at its last Session, to repel this act of aggression, authorized, by a deliberate and solemn act, hostilities against your Government and people. A squadron of our ships of War, to be...