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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01420 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1805 |
| Title | Notice of an amendment to "An act for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbors of the United States, and in the waters under their jurisdiction" |
| Date | 25 May 1805 |
| Author | Gallatin, Albert (1761-1849) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | 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". |
| Subjects | War of 1812 Navy President Military History Global History and Civics Maritime Law |
| People | Gallatin, Albert (1761-1849) Hobart, Dudley Bradstreet (b. 1765-1768) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Foreign Affairs; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |