Acts Extending Peace Preservation and Militia Armament Measures
Legislative notes from 1808 detail extended validity for earlier acts preserving U S ports and waters, and authorize suspension of embargoes during hostilities. Provisions cover arming militia, building arsenals, allocating arms to states, and freeing postage for presidential messages and documents. Approved by Jefferson and the Senate and House.
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House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
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Europe
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J. B. Varnum
Ss. Smith
TH. Jefferson
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United States
U.S
House of Congress
George Clinton
Maryland
Georgia
S. Smith
Fa. Jefferson
Restoration and payment for East Haddam land purchases
The act revived earlier federal authority and orders Treasury accounting officers to settle and pay Mathew Smith and Darius Gates for two tracts of land in East Haddam Connecticut. It directs liquidating the principal sums, costs, and interest due, funded from unappropriated Treasury balances, with Jefferson’s approval in 1808.
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United States of America
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Treasury
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Register of the Treasury
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House of Representatives
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Jefferson
Shimas Barclay
Longres
Thomas Barclay
France
Europe
Morocco
David Humphries
U. States
Court of Spain
J.B. Varnum
S. Smith
Jeleferson
U. States of America
Mathew Smith
Darius Gates
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East Haddam
Smith
Darius Garés
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Mindhal
Diltri
Connecticut
United States
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Togher
Lord Erskine Challenges Orders in Council in Parliament
Lord Erskine delivers an extended speech arguing the Orders in Council violate the law of nations and that Parliament must convene to address emergency. He attacks rigid prerogatives, cites Puffendorf Grotius and Vattel, warns of a new law of nations subservient to royal policy, and critiques the government for coercive measures against American trade.
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Lord Erskine
America
América
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France
Britain
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Ireland
United Kingdom
Wiliam Scott
Dudley Die ‘Mansfield
Murray
Earl of Liverpool
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Europe
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Richard II
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