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![(By authority) An act supplementary to the act entitled "An Act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States ... January 9, 1808. Approved. Th: Jefferson. [Washington, 1808].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDgvMDEvMDEvYnktYXV0aG9yaXR5LWFuLWFjdC1zdXBwbGVtZW50YXJ5LXRvLXRoZS1hY3QtZW50aXRsZWQtYW4tYWN0LWxheWluZy1hbi1lbWJhcmdvLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/67/webp "(By authority) An act supplementary to the act entitled \"An Act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States ... January 9, 1808. Approved. Th: Jefferson. [Washington, 1808].")
![In Senate of the United States, 20th April, 1802. An act, making an appropriation for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and two ... [Washington] Duane printer [1802].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MDIvMDEvMDEvaW4tc2VuYXRlLW9mLXRoZS11bml0ZWQtc3RhdGVzLTIwdGgtYXByaWwtMTgwMi1hbi1hY3QtbWFraW5nLWFuLWFwcHJvcHJpYXRpb24tMi02NDAuanBn/40/64/webp "In Senate of the United States, 20th April, 1802. An act, making an appropriation for the support of the Navy of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and two ... [Washington] Duane printer [1802].")
