Source: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-17-02-0223-0002. The secretary of war respectfully submits to the president of the United States the following observations respecting the preservation of the peace with the Indian tribes with whom
Trenton is an open town, situated nearly on the banks of the Delaware, accessible on all sides. Our army was scattered along the river for nearly twenty-five miles. Our intelligence
Mr. Jay Does not think giving any further powers to Congress will answer our purposes, Because some of the members will have partial and personal purposes in view, which, and
