H. Dearborn, Secretary of War to the Governor June 19, 1805

The Marshall of the District of Virginia, by instructions from the Department of State, being directed to obtain your approbation before he makes application for an armed force agreeably to the provisions of the Act of Congress " for the more effectual preservation of peace in the ports and harbors of the United States and in the waters under their jurisdiction," and your Excellency by a letter from the same Department being requested to render him your aid whenever in your opinion the employment of a military force is requisite, I am directed by the President of the United States to desire you in such cases to employ such of the militia in the State of Virginia as you may deem necessary, in addition to the regular troops, for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of said act.
Directions have been given from this Department to the commanding officer of the regular troops at Fort Nelson, to render such aid as your Excellency may require, and pursue such measures as the officer executing the process may direct in pursuance of the provisions of said act.
I have the honor to be, &c.

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CALENDAR of VIRGINIA STATE PAPERS and OTHER MANUSCRIPTS, FROM JANUARY 1, 1799, TO DECEMBER 31, 1807, PRESERVED IN THE CAPITOL AT RICHMOND. ARRANGED AND EDITED, UNDER THE AUTHORITY AND DIRECTION OF Hon. H. W. FLOUENOY, SECRETARY Of THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, AND STATE LIBRARIAN. VOLUME IX. RICHMOND: J. H. O.BANNON, SUPERINTENDENT PUBLIC PRINTING. 1890