DECEMBER 27, 1808.
To the Senate of the United States:
According to the request expressed by the Senate in their resolution of November 14, I now transmit a report of the Secretary of the Treasury and statement showing, as far as returns have been received from the collectors, the number of vessels which have departed from the United States with permission, and specifying the other particulars contemplated by that resolution.
TH. JEFFERSON.
DECEMBER 30, 1808.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
At the request of the governor, the senate, and house of representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, I communicate certain resolutions entered into by the said senate and house of representatives, and approved by the governor, on the 23d instant. It can not but be encouraging to those whom the nation has placed in the direction of their affairs to see that their fellow-citizens will press forward in support of their country in proportion as it is threatened by the disorganizing conflicts of the other hemisphere.
TH. JEFFERSON.
DECEMBER 30, 1808.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: