Governor Edward Tiffin delivered this message to the General Assembly of Ohio on March 5, 1803. These six pages are excerpted from the 1803 Senate Journal. Tiffin (1766-1829) was a Democratic-Republican politician and Ohio's first governor, serving from the state's admittance to the Union in 1803 until 1807. Following his term as governor, Tiffin also served in the U. S. Senate, in the Ohio House of Representatives, and as commissioner of the General Land Office.
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