Emigration Debate and Trade Embargo Notes
Fragmentary remarks discuss immigration, public order, and industrial decline in Britain and America. Letters reference Decatur, Grifford, and the monarchy, with a passage criticizing emigration and Welsh-English trade shifts. An act imposes an embargo on U S ships with conditions on clearance and bonds and cites President Jefferson’s authority. Also mentions Smith’s candidacy and Senate actions on publication of his answer and related letters.
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Sampson
Decatur
Bashaw
Tipoli
Bishaw
Leon Grifford
Admiralty
En-Boam
Jilly Guiseas
Patterson
Mille
Copenhagen
Nimme
England
Senate
Factien
Goodrich
Smith
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
United States
Public Service
Embargo on U S Vessels Reported in 1807
Extracts from the Committee on the President’s Message warn of dangers to U S vessels and commerce from European belligerents. Jefferson urges Congress to consider embargo measures and prepare for any crisis as ships depart U S ports. Paris dispatches discuss blockades and maritime decrees affecting neutral and English goods.
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England
Regnier
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
Europe
Congress
U. States
TH. Jefferson
Géllency
Ak Cerritory 2
Controversy as Senate Debates John Smith Expulsion
Letters from Baltimore report action on the Burr conspiracy case involving John Smith a Senator from Ohio. Adams presented a Senate inquiry declaring Smith complicit and unfit to hold a seat, urging expulsion. The proceedings probe the Senate's power and standards in expulsions amid irregularities and legal formality.
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Adams
John Smith
Smith
Aaron Bury
Senate
Burt
Ohio
A. Burr
Early 1800s US Acts on Officials Pay and Saco District
Acts from 1807 authorize increased annual pay for secretaries of Mississippi Indiana Louisiana and Michigan territories and rename the Biddeford Pepperellborough district in Massachusetts to Saco with residency choices for the collector. Also authorizes building or buying up to 188 gunboats with an appropriation of 852 500 dollars for naval port protection.
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Indieway
Louisiana
Michigan
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Indiana
United States
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Pepperelborough
Magachusetts
Biddeford
Peppesetborough
Massachusetts
Saco
Sace
Pepperesboroughhall
J. B. Varnum
George Clinton
Washington News and International Rumors From January Reports
A Washington dispatch via Athens dated January 4 discusses Rose's mission and potential actions behind governments. Reports note a challenge between Wilkinson and Bardolph, Spanish pension evidence, and various political moves in Madrid and Virginia. Also mentioned are slave import figures for Charleston, British interceptions near the Cape, and military plans in South Carolina with Maj. Gen. Batter.
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Rose
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John Bardolph
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St.Croix
Thomas T. Davis
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York
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Cape of Good- Hope
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Virginia
Terry
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Britain
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Asturias
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Batter
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France
Rofe
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Norfolk
N. York
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Falmouth
J. 8. Varnum
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John Esq
Streers
Ware
Fober 17
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Anaway
Simbo
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Wilkes
Lew Reuss
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