Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849 [Notice of an amendment to "An act for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbours of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction"]

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GLC01420
GLC#
GLC01420
Type
Documents
Date
May 25, 1805
Author/Creator
Gallatin, Albert, 1761-1849
Title
[Notice of an amendment to "An act for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbours of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction"]
Pagination
3 p. : address : free frank : docket ; Height: 32 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Age of Jefferson & Madison

A circular letter signed by Secretary of the Treasury Gallatin and sent to Dudley Hobart, the collector of Bath, Maine. Instructs Hobart to enforce the amendment to the fourth section of the March 3, 1805 act, which empowered the president "to permit or interdict, at pleasure" any armed vessels from foreign nations entering America's ports and required all such vessels to submit a report outlining the reason for their arrival. Signed in type, "Approved, TH: JEFFERSON".

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