From Thomas Jefferson to the Senate and the House of Representatives, 28 February 1805
To the Senate and
the House of Representatives
To the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States
I now lay before Congress a statement of the Militia of the United States, according to the returns last recieved from the several states. it will be percieved that some of these are not of recent dates, and that from the states of Maryland, Delaware & Tennissee no returns are stated. as far as appears from our records none were ever rendered from either of these states.
Th: Jefferson
Feb. 28. 1805.
RC (DNA: RG 233, PM, 8th Cong., 2d sess.). PoC (DNA: RG 46, LPPM, 8th Cong., 2d sess.). Dft (DLC). Recorded in SJL with notation “militia.” Enclosure: Return of the Militia of the United States, 23 Feb. (see Dearborn to TJ, 23 Feb.).
On 28 Feb., Isaac A. Coles delivered this message to the Senate and the House of Representatives, and in both chambers it was read and tabled (, 3:462; , 5:152).