In Senate of the United States February 12, 1817 Mr. Tait, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted the following motion for consideration (William A. Davis, 1817)
At head of title, in square brackets: 95. - Caption title. - Motion that the President cause surveys to be made of the eastern entrance into Long-Island Sound, the harbours of Newport and Hampton-Roads, and the coasts and waters north of the Delaware. - Shaw & Shoemaker, 42535. - William A. Davis was printer to the Senate for the 14th Congress