Canal Toll Provisions and Ownership Rights Enacted
The act allows the company to collect tolls for loaded boats on the canal at specified rates and permits exclusive packet boats for passengers. Public property passes free, and failure to complete within seven years reverts rights to the U S. Bridges may be erected by city order, with six foot clearance. The company must file annual financials with Congress.
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Washington
Potomac Company
Great Falls
River Potomac
U. S
Congress of the
J. B. Varnum
House of Representatives
Miledge
Senate
Jefferson
Military drill spreads in Austria amid youth corps expansion
London reports Austria trains juvenile volunteers as a formal corps. Archduke Charles and Maximilian review youths in Leopoldstadt, awarding prizes. Four new cadet companies to form officers from among trainees. Austria and Bohemia stations planned. Russia imitates by creating apprentice grenadiers battalion to supply future officers.
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London
Vienna
Charles
Maximilian
Leopoldstadt
Austria
Neustadt
Bohemia
Moravia, &c
Ruffia
President's Answer to Virginia Assembly on Retirement
The President replies to Virginia Governor Tyler and the General Assembly acknowledging their affectionate address on his nearing retirement from public office. He expresses regard for the state and reflects on service and gratitude in the context of early 1809, dated February 16 in Washington.
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United States
Tyler
General Assembly of
Virginia
Washington
General Assembly
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Jefferson
POST
Amuens
Madison
Washington City
Marchigi
James Madison
Esa
Hall of the Representatives
Jefferson's Farewell and Madison Inaugural Echoes
The text recalls Thomas Jefferson’s farewell remarks praising republican rule and national unity, urging peace and constitutional fidelity. It also covers Hubbardston letters defending liberty, and Madison's inaugural address stressing peace, neutrality, and restrained federal power amid global tension.
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Hubbbardston
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Hubbardston
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Blackmith
England
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