A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Volume 1, part 3: Thomas Jefferson by Unknown
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One other, between the same State and the Seneca Indians, for the purchase of other lands within the same State. One other, between certain individuals styled the Holland Company with the Senecas, for the exchange of certain lands in the same State. And one other, between Oliver Phelps, a citizen of the United States, and the Senecas, for the exchange of lands in the same State; with sundry explanatory papers, all of them conducted under the superintendence of a commissioner on the part of the United States, who reports that they have been adjusted with the fair and free consent and understanding of the parties. It is therefore submitted to your determination whether you will advise and consent to their respective ratifications. TH. JEFFERSON. DECEMBER 27, 1802. _Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives_: In my message of the 15th instant I mentioned that plans and estimates of a dry dock for the preservation of our ships of war, prepared by a person of skill and experience, should be laid before you without delay. These are now transmitted, the report and estimates by duplicates; but the plans being single only, I must request an intercommunication of them between the Houses and their return when they shall no longer be |
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