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U.S. Senate A Motion: establishing embargo, fortifying ports and raising an army

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00265.02 Author/Creator: U.S. Senate Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Broadside Date: 26 March 1798 Pagination: 1 broadside ; 32 x 20 cm Order a Copy

The motion was a result of the Quasi-War with France. Document is slashed on lower right corner. Formerly pencilled "Duplicate."

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