I accordingly commissioned in the month of August last William
Short, formerly minister plenipotentiary of the United States at Madrid,
to proceed as minister plenipotentiary to the Court of St. Petersburg,
and he proceeded accordingly; and I now nominate him to the Senate for
that appointment.
TH. JEFFERSON.
FEBRUARY 25, 1809.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I now lay before Congress a statement of the militia of the United
States according to the latest returns received by the Department
of War.
TH. JEFFERSON.
PROCLAMATION.
[From Annals of Congress, Tenth Congress, second session, 462.]
WASHINGTON, _December 30, 1808_.
_The President of the United States to_ ------, _Senator for the
State of_ ------.
Certain matters touching the public good requiring that the Senate
should be convened on Saturday, the 4th day of March next, you are
desired to attend at the Senate Chamber, in the city of Washington,
on that day, then and there to deliberate on such communications as
shall be made to you.
TH. JEFFERSON.
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