[SEAL.]
Given under my hand and the seal of the United States at the city of
Washington, the 29th day of June, A.D. 1814, and of the Independence
of the United States the thirty-eighth.
JAMES MADISON.
By the President:
JAMES MONROE,
_Secretary of State_.
[From Annals of Congress, Thirteenth Congress, vol. 3, 9.]
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas great and weighty matters claiming the consideration of the
Congress of the United States form an extraordinary occasion for
convening them, I do by these presents appoint Monday, the 19th day of
September next, for their meeting at the city of Washington, hereby
requiring the respective Senators and Representatives then and there to
assemble in Congress, in order to receive such communications as may
then be made to them and to consult and determine on such measures as in
their wisdom may be deemed meet for the welfare of the United States.
In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States to be
hereunto affixed, and signed the same with my hand,
[SEAL.]
Done at the city of Washington, the 8th day of August, A.D. 1814, and of
the Independence of the United States the thirty-ninth.
JAMES MADISON.
By the President:
JAMES MONROE,
_Secretary of State_.
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