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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC07541 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1808 |
| Title | Presidential proclamation requiring potential insurgents against the Embargo Act at Lake Champlain to disperse peaceably |
| Date | 19 April 1808 |
| Author | Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Countersigned by James Madison. With white paper seal. In an effort to enforce the Embargo Act in New England, Jefferson warns all who do not disperse that officers will be ordered to "subdue such insurrections or combinations, to seize upon all those therein concerned...and to deliver them over to the civil authority of the place to be proceeded against according to law." Resistance to embargo on the Canadian border at Lake Champlain was so strong that the national government had to equip vessels and send troops there to maintain authority. |
| Subjects | Presidential Speeches and Proclamations President Rebellion Embargo Mobs and Riots Commerce Merchants and Trade Law Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Canada |
| People | Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Madison, James (1751-1836) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Government & Politics; The Presidency; Law; Merchants & Commerce; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |