Chapter III: Part 3
I transmit to the Senate a report[108] of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, complying with their resolution of the 31st December, 1813.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 108: Transmitting a statement of the quantity and estimated value of spirits distilled from materials other than grain imported into the United States from the West Indies and American colonies from October 1, 1804, to September 30, 1812.]
JANUARY 14, 1814.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress an account of the contingent expenses of the Government for the year 1813.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 15, 1814.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[109] of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, complying with their resolution of the 11th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 109: Transmitting a digest of the number, nature, extent, situation, and value of the arts and manufactures of the United States.]
JANUARY 18, 1814.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I lay before Congress a report of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, containing a statement of proceedings under the "act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio."
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 18, 1814.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[110] of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 13th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 110: Relating to the mediation of Russia in the war between the United States and Great Britain.]
JANUARY 18, 1814.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[111] of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 11th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 111: Relating to the reception by the French Government of the United States minister to that court.]
JANUARY 19, 1814.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[112] of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 12th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 112: Stating that no communication from the French minister prescribing the conditions on which his sovereign would treat of amity and commerce with the United States is on file in the Department of State.]
JANUARY 31, 1814.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[113] of the Secretary of War, complying with their resolution of the 31st of December last.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 113: Relating to the cause of the failure of the army on the northern frontier.]
FEBRUARY 3, 1814.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate of the United States reports[114] of the Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy, complying with their resolution of the 3d ultimo.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 114: Transmitting statements of foreign and domestic articles consumed in clothing the Army and Navy of the United States in 1813, and estimates for 1814.]
FEBRUARY 10, 1814.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[115] of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, complying with their resolution of the 30th July, 1813.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 115: Transmitting accounts of United States ministers, consuls, etc., from commencement of present Government expenses incurred in and payments made under treaty with Algiers, and accounts of all other expenditures in relation to the Barbary Powers, including those occasioned by war with Tripoli and making of peace with that Regency.]
FEBRUARY 14, 1814.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
At the request of the legislature of Pennsylvania, conveyed through the governor of that State, I transmit to Congress copies of its resolutions of the 18th ultimo.[116]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 116: Commending the "decisive spirit and firmness which the national authorities have manifested in securing hostages for the safety of those defenders of the Republic who are threatened with the penalties of treason against Great Britain," and pledging under all circumstances to support the Government in every measure of just retaliation.]
MARCH 22, 1814.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
At the request of the legislature of Pennsylvania, conveyed through the governor of that State, I transmit to Congress copies of its resolutions of the 10th instant.[117]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 117: Expressing disapprobation of the action of the governor of a sister State in issuing a proclamation ordering a detachment of militia of that State then in the United States service to desert and return to their respective homes, and also expressing disapprobation of the threatened resistance of another State to any action of Congress directing an inquiry by the President into the constitutionality of the act of said governor, and pledging to support the General Government in all lawful and constitutional measures to bring to justice all infractors of the Constitution and laws of the United States and all abettors and aiders of the enemies thereof.]
MARCH 28, 1814.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[118] of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 26th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 118: Transmitting copies of certain commissions granted by Presidents Washington and Madison during the recess of the Senate.]
APRIL 9, 1814.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[119] of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 2d instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 119: Transmitting lists of ministers, their secretaries, and consuls appointed by the several Presidents during the recess of the Senate.]
APRIL 16, 1814.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[120] of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolutions of the 2d of February and 9th of March.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 120: Transmitting list of American prisoners sent to England for trial by the British commander in Canada; statement of the grounds on which the British Government refused to deliver up American seamen impressed into the British service, and statement of the conduct of the British Government toward American seamen on board British ships of war.]
APRIL 16, 1814.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[121] of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 13th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 121: Transmitting extract of a letter from the United States minister at Paris touching relations with France.]
OCTOBER 3, 1814.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[122] from the Department of State, complying with their resolution of the 26th ultimo.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 122: Stating that the relations of the United States with the continental powers of Europe continue to be those of peace and amity; that measures have been taken to continue diplomatic relations with France under the existing Government and to renew those with Spain and the United provinces of the Low Countries.]
WASHINGTON, _October 13, 1814_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I now transmit to Congress copies of the instructions to the plenipotentiaries of the United States charged with negotiating a peace with Great Britain, as referred to in my message of the 10th instant.[123]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 123: See Vol. I, p. 551.]
OCTOBER 28, 1814.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[124] from the Department of State, complying with their resolution of the 15th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 124: Relating to retaliation upon prisoners of war.]
NOVEMBER 18, 1814.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I lay before the Senate, for their consideration whether they will advise and consent to the ratification thereof, a treaty concluded on the 22d day of July last with the tribes of Indians called the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanese, Senecas, and Miamies.
I lay before the Senate also, for the like purpose, an instrument entitled "Articles of agreement and capitulation made and concluded on the 9th day of August last between Major-General Jackson and the chiefs, deputies, and warriors of the Creek Nation of Indians."
These communications are accompanied by documents having relation to them.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 2, 1815.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I lay before Congress a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, containing a statement of proceedings under the "act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio."
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 10, 1815.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I communicate, for the information of Congress, the report of the Director of the Mint of the operation of that establishment during the last year.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 10, 1815.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress an account of the contingent expenses of the Government for the year 1814.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 14, 1815.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report of the Secretary of War, complying with their resolution of the 19th December.[125]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 125: Relating to measures authorized by the President in pursuance of the "act to enable the President of the United States, under certain contingencies, to take possession of the country lying east of the river Perdido and south of the State of Georgia and the Mississippi Territory, and for other purposes," for the purpose of possessing and occupying any part of the country mentioned in said act.]
FEBRUARY 16, 1815.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[126] of the Acting Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of yesterday.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 126: Transmitting correspondence and protocols of conferences between United States envoys at Ghent and ministers of Great Britain.]
FEBRUARY 23, 1815.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[127] from the Acting Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 15th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 127: Relating to affairs between the United States and the Barbary Powers.]
WASHINGTON, _February 28, 1815_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[128] from the Postmaster-General, complying with their resolution of the 15th of December last.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 128: Transmitting statement of number of post-offices and miles of post-roads in each State, net amount of postages for six months ending June 30, 1814, etc.]
WASHINGTON, _February 28, 1815_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[129] from the Acting Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 24th of October last.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 129: Relating to the sale of negroes taken from the United States by British forces.]
JANUARY 8, 1816.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I communicate, for the information of Congress, the report of the Director of the Mint of the operation of that establishment during the last year.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 26, 1816.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
In compliance with the resolution of the 24th instant, I transmit two letters from the envoy extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary of Spain to the Secretary of State, with his answer.[130]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 130: Relating to demand of Spain for possession of West Florida; to unlawful expeditions against Spanish possessions; to the exclusion from ports of the United States of the flags of revolting provinces of Spain; to the attitude of the United States toward the Mexican revolution; to vessels of the United States condemned in ports of Spain; to the free navigation of the Mississippi; to the boundaries of Louisiana, etc.]
WASHINGTON, _January 31, 1816_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit a report[131] of the Secretary of State, complying with the resolution of the 4th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 131: Relating to the massacre of American prisoners at Dartmoor prison, England.]
FEBRUARY 13, 1816.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of War, complying with their resolution of the 5th instant.[132]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 132: Relating to the reduction of the late Army to a peace establishment.]
MARCH 11, 1816.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[133] of the Secretary of the Treasury, complying with their resolution of the 17th of February.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 133: Transmitting statements of receipts and expenditures of the city of Washington from 1791 to 1815, inclusive, and of moneys advanced by the United States to said city.]
MARCH 12, 1816.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I lay before Congress a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, containing a statement of proceedings under the act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio, with a statement of past appropriations and an estimate of required appropriations.
JAMES MADISON.
MARCH 22, 1816.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[134] from the Secretary of the Treasury, complying with their resolution of the 29th of February last.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 134: Relating to the employment of counsel to assist the Attorney-General in prosecuting cases in the Supreme Court, names of persons so employed, fees paid, etc.]
MARCH 26, 1816.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I lay before the Senate, for their advice as to a ratification, articles of a treaty and of a convention which have been concluded with the Cherokee Nation, with documents relating to the losses by the Indians, for which indemnity is stipulated.
JAMES MADISON.
APRIL 4, 1816.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[135] from the Secretary of the Treasury, complying with their resolutions of the 26th March last.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 135: Relating to the survey of the coasts of the United States.]
APRIL 18, 1816.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[136] from the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 17th February last.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 136: Relating to obstructions to American commerce in the provincial and colonial possessions of Great Britain.]
APRIL 29, 1816.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[137] of the Secretary of State on the subject of their resolution of February 28, 1816.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 137: Transmitting lists of impressed American seamen transferred from British ships of war to Dartmoor and other prisons in England and the West Indies and Nova Scotia, and those discharged in England since the treaty of peace.]
JANUARY 6, 1817.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I communicate, for the information of Congress, the report of the Director of the Mint of the operation of that establishment during the last year.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 17, 1817.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress an account of the contingent expenses of the Government for the year 1816.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 23, 1817.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[138] of the Acting Secretary of War, in compliance with their resolution of the 8th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 138: Transmitting statement of claims of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina for militia services during the late war.]
FEBRUARY 7, 1817.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[139] of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 28th of last month.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 139: Relating to the deportation of slaves by Great Britain in contravention of the treaty of Ghent, etc.]
FEBRUARY 22, 1817.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[140] of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 20th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 140: Transmitting correspondence between the Governments of the United States and Spain relative to settlement of boundaries, to cession of East Florida by Spain, to indemnification for injuries to American commerce by Spanish vessels, etc.]
WASHINGTON, _February 4, 1818_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
Pursuant to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 31st of December last, requesting information of the number of States which had ratified the thirteenth article of the amendments to the Constitution of the United States,[141] I transmit to the House a detailed report from the Secretary of State, which contains all the information that has been received upon that subject.
No time will be lost in communicating to the House the answers of the governors of the States of South Carolina and Virginia to the inquiries stated by the Secretary of State to have been recently addressed to them when they are received at that Department.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 141: "If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive, or retain any title of nobility or honor, or shall, without the consent of Congress, accept and retain any present, pension, office, or emolument of any kind whatever from any emperor, king, prince, or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the United States, and shall be incapable of holding any office of profit or trust under them, or either of them." This proposed amendment did not become a part of the Constitution, failing of ratification by three-fourths of the States.]
WASHINGTON, _February 6, 1818_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th of February, 1817, I now transmit copies of the reports in relation to the surveys and examinations made by naval officers in cooperation with officers of the Corps of Engineers.
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _February 12, 1818_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
Conformably with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th of this month, I now lay before that House a report received from the Secretary of State, with the copy of the correspondence[142] referred to and requested by that resolution.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 142: Relating to a blockade of the Spanish coast in South America by Spanish forces.]
WASHINGTON, _February 13, 1818_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with a resolution of the 28th of January last, I now transmit to the Senate a statement of the expenditures upon the public buildings and an account of their progress for the year 1818.
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _February 18, 1818_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
Conformably with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 12th instant, I lay before that House a report which I have received from the Department of State, with a copy of the letter communicated with it.[143]
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 143: Relative to the claims of the heirs of Caron de Beaumarchais.]
MARCH 5, 1818.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I lay before the Senate, for their consideration and the exercise of their constitutional power of advice and consent respecting the ratification thereof, a treaty concluded on the 22d of January last with the Creek Nation of Indians. This treaty is accompanied by certain documents having relation to it.
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _March 24, 1818_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
In pursuance of a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th instant, I now transmit the report of the Secretary of State, with a statement of the expenses incurred under the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh articles of the treaty of Ghent, specifying the items of expenditure in relation to each.
JAMES MONROE.
NOVEMBER 26, 1818.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I lay before the Senate a report from the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, made in compliance with a resolution of the 28th of January last, requiring a statement of the expenditures upon the public buildings and an account of their progress to be annually exhibited to Congress.
JAMES MONROE.
[The same message was sent to the House of Representatives.]
NOVEMBER 30, 1818.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with the resolution of the 17th of April, I transmit to the Senate a report[144] from the Acting Secretary of the Navy, which, with the documents accompanying it, will be found to contain all the information required.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 144: Relating to the navy pension fund.]
DECEMBER 15, 1818.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I lay before the House of Representatives copies of the remainder of the documents[145] referred to in the message of the 17th of last month.
JAMES MONROE.
[The same message was sent to the Senate.]
[Footnote 145: Reports of Theodorick Bland and J.R. Poinsett, commissioners, on the condition of South America, correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Spanish minister relative to affairs between the United States and Spain, etc.]
DECEMBER 18, 1818.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, I transmit copies of the instructions to the commissioners who negotiated the Indian treaties now before it.
JAMES MONROE.
DECEMBER 28, 1818.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, I transmit to that House a report from the Secretary of State, with the papers and documents accompanying it.[146]
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 146: Relating to affairs between the United States and Spain, the prosecution of Captain Obed Wright for the murder of friendly Indians, etc.]
DECEMBER 28, 1818.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
In compliance with a resolution of the 15th instant, I lay before the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, with the papers and documents accompanying it.[147]
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 147: Relating to affairs between the United States and Spain.]
JANUARY 4, 1819.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I lay before the Senate a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied with a copy of a letter from Governor Rabun,[148] which was not communicated on a former occasion from that Department.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 148: Relating to the case of Captain Obed Wright, charged with the murder of friendly Indians.]
DECEMBER 24, 1819.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress a report from the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, which, with the accompanying documents, will exhibit the present state of those buildings and the expenditures thereon during the year ending the 30th of September last.
JAMES MONROE.
JANUARY 18, 1820.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, the inclosed papers are transmitted to them _in confidence_, and contain all the information in possession of the Executive respecting the progress of the negotiation with the British Government in relation to the intercourse between the United States and the British colonies.
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _March 8, 1820_.
The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
I transmit to the House of Representatives, in pursuance of their resolution of the 22d of last month, a report from the Secretary of State, with the papers containing the information requested by that resolution.[149]
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 149: Relating to the Florida treaty.]
MARCH 10, 1820.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress a report from the Director of the Mint of the operations of that institution during the last year.
JAMES MONROE.
MARCH 17, 1820.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied with statements of the annual expenditures made in the construction of the road leading from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio from the year 1806 to the year 1820.
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _March 23, 1820_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate, in pursuance of their resolution of the 1st of February, a report[150] from the Secretary of State, with the information required by that rotation.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 150: Relating to the construction of the first article of the treaty of Ghent, relative to slaves.]
WASHINGTON, _March 28, 1820_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives, in pursuance of their resolution of the 31st of January last, a report[151] from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the documents which accompanied it.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 151: Relating to the marine-hospital fund.]
MARCH 30, 1820.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress a general abstract of the militia of the United States, in pursuance of the act of March 2, 1803.
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _April 18, 1820_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I lay before the Senate, in pursuance of their resolution of the 21st of last month, the accompanying report and documents[152] from the Department of State.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 152: Relating to the seizure, sequestration, or confiscation of the ships or other property of citizens of the United States by authority of Sweden.]
WASHINGTON, _May 12, 1820_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I communicate to Congress translations of letters from the minister of Spain to the Secretary of State, received since my message of the 9th instant.[153]
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 153: See Vol. II, pp. 70-72.]
NOVEMBER 23, 1820.
The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE:
In conformity with a resolution of the Senate passed the 28th of January, 1818, I communicate herewith to the Senate the report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings required by that resolution.
JAMES MONROE.
[The same message was addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.]
JANUARY 26, 1821.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I lay before the Senate, for their consideration and advice as to a ratification, a treaty concluded between the United States and the Creek Nation of Indians.
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _February 13, 1821_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit herewith to the Senate a copy of a memorial received from Richard W. Meade,[154] together with a report of the Secretary of State concerning it.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 154: Relating to his claim against Spain for imprisonment.]
WASHINGTON, _February 14, 1821_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress a report from the Director of the Mint, inclosing a statement of the Treasurer, submitting the operations of the Mint for the last year.
JAMES MONROE.
DECEMBER 24, 1821.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a treaty recently concluded with the Indian tribes at Chicago, with the papers relating thereto, which is submitted for consideration as to its ratification.
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _January 7, 1822_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress a report from the Director of the Mint, with a statement of the operations for the last year.
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _January 15, 1822_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with a resolution of the Senate requesting the President "to cause a statement of expenditures upon the public buildings and an account of their progress to be annually laid before Congress at the commencement of each session," I herewith transmit the annual report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings.
JAMES MONROE.
[The same message was sent to the House of Representatives.]
WASHINGTON, _January 28, 1822_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State, containing the information required by the resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, with the documents[155] which accompanied that report.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 155: Relating to relief of sick, disabled, and destitute American seamen in foreign ports in 1818, 1819, and 1820.]
WASHINGTON, _January 28, 1822_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I transmit a report from the Secretary of War, together with the documents which accompany it, containing the information requested by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 22d instant.[156]
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 156: Relating to Indian affairs.]
WASHINGTON, _February 6, 1822_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State on the subject required by the resolution of that House of the 22d ultimo,[157] with the documents which accompanied that report.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 157: Relating to that part of the boundary line between the United States and the British Provinces which extends "from the source of the river St. Croix to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River."]
WASHINGTON, _February 7, 1822_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
In compliance with a resolution of the 17th ultimo, I transmit a report from the Secretary of War, which, with the accompanying documents,[158] contains the information requested.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 158: Statements of ordnance and ordnance stores in fortifications, arsenals, etc., and estimates of amounts required, contracted for, etc.]
FEBRUARY 8, 1822.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State, containing the information required by the resolution of the Senate of the 1st instant, with the documents which accompanied that report.[159]
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 159: Relating to the appointment of William B. Irish as marshal of the western district of Pennsylvania.]
WASHINGTON, _February 12, 1822_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State, containing the information[160] required by the resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 160: Relating to the lease of a building on Capitol Hill for the temporary use and accommodation of Congress.]
WASHINGTON, _February 15, 1822_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives "requesting the President of the United States to cause to be laid before this House any information which he may have of the condition of the several Indian tribes within the United States and the progress of the measures hitherto devised and pursued for their civilization," I now transmit a report from the Secretary of War.
JAMES MONROE.
FEBRUARY 21, 1822.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, requesting the President of the United States to cause to be communicated to the Senate the instructions to the commissioners who negotiated the treaty concluded at Chicago with the Ottowa, Chippeway, and Potawatamie nations of Indians, I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of War.
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _February 21, 1822_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, with the documents[161] accompanying it, in pursuance of a resolution of the House of the 17th January last.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 161: Correspondence leading up to and protocol of treaty of Ghent, etc.]
WASHINGTON, _March 4, 1822_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit a report from the Secretary of the Navy, communicating information in relation to the Navy of the United States[162] requested by a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 14th ultimo.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 162: List of the navy yards and stations, number and grade of officers attached to each, etc.]
WASHINGTON, _March 15, 1822_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 29th of January, I herewith transmit reports[163] from the Treasury and War Departments, containing all the information in the possession of the Executive embraced by that resolution.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 163: Relating to lands granted to officers and soldiers of Virginia who served in the Revolutionary War.]
WASHINGTON, _April 1, 1822_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with two resolutions of the 11th ultimo, requesting that the President of the United States cause to be furnished to that House certain detailed information from the Navy Department, I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of the Navy, with other documents.[164]
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 164: Statements showing names and number of officers belonging to the Navy attached to each navy-yard in the United States, and their compensation for two years ending January 1, 1822.]
APRIL 19, 1822.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit a letter from the Attorney-General on the subject of the resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, which I have received this day, and which in consequence of his absence was not communicated with the message of the 15th instant.[165]
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 165: See Vol. II, p. 136.]
DECEMBER 15, 1822.
_To the Congress of the United States_:
I now transmit to both Houses of Congress the report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings made in obedience to a resolution of the Senate passed the 28th day of January, 1818.
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _January 20, 1823_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
In compliance with the resolution of the 20th of December, requesting information "what appropriations will be required to fortify Thompsons Island, usually called Key West, and whether a naval depot established at that island, protected by fortifications, will not afford facilities in defending the commerce of the United States and in clearing the Gulf of Mexico and the adjacent seas from pirates," I transmit a report from the Secretary of the Navy, which communicates all the information which I am at this time able to give.
JAMES MONROE.
FEBRUARY 6, 1823.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th of January, requesting the President to communicate the instructions to the commissioners nominated to treat with the Indians for the extinguishment of Indian titles in the State of Georgia, I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of War, with the documents referred to in it.
JAMES MONROE.
_To the Senate of the United States_.
In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of 28th January, 1818, I herewith transmit to Congress the report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, showing the expenditures on public buildings and other objects committed to his care during the present year.
JAMES MONROE.
DECEMBER 19, 1823.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit herewith to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, together with a digest of recent commercial regulations of foreign countries, prepared in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 30th of January, 1823.
JAMES MONROE.
FEBRUARY 2, 1824.
WASHINGTON, _February 2, 1824_.
The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, agreeably to a resolution of that House of the 11th of December last, with the papers[166] which accompanied that report.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 166: Relating to French spoliations.]
FEBRUARY 24, 1824.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of War, which communicates all the information in possession of the Department which was called for by a resolution of the Senate of the 21st of January, 1824.[167]
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 167: Relating to sites for fortifications at St. Marys and Patuxent rivers, plans for same, and estimates of cost of each fortification.]
WASHINGTON, _March 19, 1824_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, with the papers[168] therein referred to, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 27th of January last.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 168: Relating to the suppression of the African slave trade.]
WASHINGTON, _May 7, 1824_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I communicate to the Senate copies of additional documents relating to the convention for the suppression of the African slave trade, which have this day been received at the Department of State.
JAMES MONROE.
MAY 24, 1824.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, with an appendix to a report[169] from him already communicated to the House.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 169: Addition to digest of foreign commercial law.]
WASHINGTON, _May 25, 1824_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[170] from the Secretary of State, concerning two resolutions of the Senate of the 8th of January and 1st of March last, which had been referred to him.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 170: Relating to foreign spoliations on American commerce.]
MAY 25, 1824.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[171] from the Secretary of State, concerning a resolution of that House of the 20th of April last, which was referred to him.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 171: Stating that the correspondence relative to French spoliations and to the claims of France upon the United States for noncompliance with the treaties of alliance and commerce of February 6, 1778, would be communicated at the next session of Congress.]
WASHINGTON, _December 13, 1824_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate, for its advice and consent as to the ratification, the treaties concluded and signed on the 4th day of August last between the United States and the Ioway, the Sock, and Fox tribes of Indians.
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _December 13, 1824_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
Agreeably to a resolution of the Senate of 28th January, 1818, requesting the President "to cause a statement of expenditures upon the public buildings and an account of their progress to be annually laid before Congress at the commencement of each session," I herewith transmit a report from the Commissioner of Public Buildings, which contains the information required.
JAMES MONROE.
[The same message was sent to the House of Representatives.]
WASHINGTON, _January 5, 1825_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 17th May last, I transmit a report[172] from the Secretary of the Navy, which contains the information requested.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 172: Relating to the use of canvas, cables, and cordage made of hemp grown in the United States in the equipment vessels of the American Navy.]
WASHINGTON, _January 17, 1825_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I herewith transmit to the House a report from the Secretary of State, containing the information required by the resolution of the House of the 16th ultimo, relating to the western boundary of the United States.
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _January 17, 1825_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 28th ultimo, requesting the President to inform that House what terms were offered by applicants for the stock created by the act of the 24th of May last and by whom such terms were offered, I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with accompanying papers, which contains the information called for.
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _January 18, 1825_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report of the Secretary of War, with a report made to that Department by the commissioners who were appointed under the act of the 3d of March, 1823, entitled "An act to establish an armory on the western waters."
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _January 18, 1825_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report of the Secretary of War, with a report made to that Department by the commissioners who were appointed under the act of 3d March, 1823, entitled "An act to establish a national armory on the western waters."
JAMES MONROE.
JANUARY 19, 1825.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit herewith to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State, with the documents desired by their resolution of the 13th instant.[173] In requesting that the originals may eventually be returned it may be unnecessary to add that the negotiations being by common consent to be hereafter resumed, it is important that this communication should be regarded by the Senate as strictly confidential.
JAMES MONROE.
[Footnote 173: Relating to commercial intercourse with the British colonies of the West Indies and Canada; to the boundary under the fifth article of the treaty of Ghent, and the navigation of the St. Lawrence River; to admission of United States consuls into British colonial ports; to the Newfoundland fishery; to maritime questions; to the northwest coast of America.]
WASHINGTON, _February 2, 1825_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I herewith transmit a report from the Director of the Mint of the United States, showing the operations of that institution for the last year.
JAMES MONROE.
WASHINGTON, _March 1, 1826_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit herewith a report from the Director of the Mint of the United States, showing the operations of that institution for the year 1825.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
WASHINGTON, _March 15, 1826_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I now submit to the consideration of Congress the propriety of making the appropriation necessary for carrying into effect the appointment of a mission to the congress at Panama.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
WASHINGTON, _December 8, 1826_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th of January, 1818, I transmit a report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, containing the annual statement of expenditures on those buildings and the account of their progress, required by the said resolution.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
WASHINGTON, _December 11, 1826_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress sundry additional papers appertaining to the report from the War Department relating to Indian affairs, communicated at the commencement of the session.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
WASHINGTON, _December 28, 1826_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, containing the information requested by two resolutions of the House relating to certain negotiations[174] with the Government of the United Mexican States.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
[Footnote 174: Concerning the boundary line between the United States and Mexico and the return of slaves escaping from the former country into the latter.]
WASHINGTON, _January 18, 1827_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 6th instant, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, together with copies of the correspondence with the Government of the Netherlands relating to discriminating duties.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
WASHINGTON, _February 24, 1827_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit herewith to Congress a report from the Director of the Mint, with a statement of its operations during the year 1826.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
WASHINGTON, _December 24, 1827_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate, for their consideration and advice, a convention of friendship, navigation, and commerce between the United States and the Free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, signed by the respective plenipotentiaries of the parties on the 20th instant at this city. A copy of the convention is likewise inclosed.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
WASHINGTON, _January 11, 1828_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress the annual report of the Commissioner of the Public Buildings, made in conformity with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th January, 1818.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
WASHINGTON, _January 11, 1828_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In answer to the inquiry contained in a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, I readily express the opinion that the publication of the message[175] and documents to which it alludes may be made without detriment to the public service.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
[Footnote 175: Of December 24, 1827 (see Vol. II, p. 393), relative to the negotiation of the convention of November 13, 1826, with Great Britain.]
WASHINGTON, _January 21, 1828_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
A report from the Director of the Mint, together with a statement of the operations of that institution during the year 1827, are herewith transmitted to Congress.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
WASHINGTON, _December 8, 1828_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th of May last, I transmit a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, with statements relative to the estimates and appropriations for the expenses of the year 1828 at the last session of Congress.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
WASHINGTON, _January 14, 1829_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress a report from the Director of the Mint, with the annual statement exhibiting the operations of that institution during the year 1828.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
WASHINGTON, _February 25, 1829_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit herewith a statement of the expenses of the General Land Office for the year 1827, as desired by a resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant.
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
WASHINGTON, _February 8, 1830_.
_To the Congress of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress a report from the Director of the Mint, exhibiting the operations of that institution during the year 1829.
ANDREW JACKSON.
JANUARY 12, 1831.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress a report from the Director of the Mint, exhibiting the operations of that institution during the year 1830.
ANDREW JACKSON.
JANUARY 25, 1831.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I beg leave to call the attention of Congress to the annual report of the inspectors of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia, herewith transmitted.
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, _January 16, 1832_.
_To the Congress of the United States_:
I transmit to Congress a report from the Director of the Mint, exhibiting the operations of that institution during the year 1831.
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, _January 31, 1832_.
_To the Congress of the United States_:
I herewith transmit, for the information of Congress, the third annual report of the inspectors of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia.
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, _January 19, 1833_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith the fourth annual report of the board of inspectors of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia, which is required by the act of the 3d of March, 1829, to be laid before Congress.
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, _January 19, 1833_.
The Honorable the PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE UNITED STATES:
I transmit to Congress a report from the Director of the Mint, exhibiting the operations of that institution during the year 1832.
ANDREW JACKSON.
[The same message was sent to the House of Representatives.]
WASHINGTON, D.C., _January 15, 1834_.
The Honorable the PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
SIR: I transmit to Congress a report from the Director of the Mint, exhibiting the operations of that institution during the year 1833.
ANDREW JACKSON.
[The same message was addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.]
WASHINGTON, _January 28, 1934_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I herewith transmit the annual report of the inspectors of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia, which, agreeably to the act for the government and discipline of the same, is to be laid before Congress.
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, _January 10, 1835_.
The Honorable the PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE UNITED STATES.
SIR: I herewith transmit to the Senate a report from the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution during the year 1834.
ANDREW JACKSON.
[The same message was addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.]
WASHINGTON, _January 12, 1835_.
_To the Congress of the United States_:
I transmit, for the information of Congress, the sixth annual report of the inspectors of the penitentiary for the District of Columbia, made in compliance with the act of the 3d of March, 1829.
ANDREW JACKSON.
WASHINGTON, _December 10, 1835_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate of the United States a report[176] of the Secretary of State, to whom was referred the resolutions of that body passed on the 2d and 13th days of February last, together with such portion of the correspondence and instructions requested by the said resolutions as has not been heretofore transmitted and as can be communicated without prejudice to the public interest.
ANDREW JACKSON.
[Footnote 176: Transmitting correspondence which passed between the Governments of the United States and Spain in the negotiation of the treaty of February 17, 1834, instructions given to the minister of the United States during the course of the negotiation, etc.]
WASHINGTON, _January 28, 1836_.
Hon. JAMES K. POLK,
_Speaker of the House of Representatives_.
SIR: I transmit herewith the seventh annual report of the board of inspectors of the penitentiary in the District of Columbia, which, in pursuance of the act of the 3d of March, 1829, is submitted to Congress.
ANDREW JACKSON.
JANUARY 16, 1838.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I herewith transmit a report from the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution during the year 1837 and also the progress made toward the completion of the branch mints in North Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana.
M. VAN BUREN.
WASHINGTON, _January 29, 1838_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
In compliance with the act of Congress of the 3d March, 1829, I herewith transmit to Congress the ninth annual report of the board of inspectors of the penitentiary of Washington.
M. VAN BUREN.
WASHINGTON, _January 18, 1839_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report of the Director of the Mint, exhibiting the operations of that institution during the year 1838.
M. VAN BUREN.
[The same message was sent to the House of Representatives.]
WASHINGTON, _February 6, 1839_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
In compliance with the act of Congress of the 3d March, 1829, I herewith transmit to Congress the tenth annual report of the board of inspectors of the penitentiary of Washington.
M. VAN BUREN.
WASHINGTON, D.C., _February 1, 1840_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report from the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution for the year 1839.
M. VAN BUREN.
[The same message was sent to the House of Representatives.]
WASHINGTON, _February 5, 1840_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
In compliance with the act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1829, I herewith transmit to Congress the eleventh annual report of the board of inspectors of the penitentiary of the District of Columbia.
M. VAN BUREN.
FEBRUARY 10, 1840.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a supplementary report received from the Director of the Mint, containing a complete statement of the operations of the branch mint at New Orleans for the year 1839.
M. VAN BUREN.
[The same message was sent to the House of Representatives.]
WASHINGTON, _January 27, 1841_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
In compliance with an act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1829, I herewith transmit to Congress the twelfth annual report of the board of inspectors of the penitentiary of the District of Columbia.
M. VAN BUREN.
WASHINGTON, _January 31, 1842_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit herewith to the Senate a report of the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of the institution for the year 1841.
JOHN TYLER.
[The same message was sent to the House of Representatives.]
WASHINGTON, _January 17, 1843_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith the report of the inspectors of the penitentiary for the District of Columbia, made in pursuance of the act of Congress of the 3d March, 1829, with the accompanying documents.
JOHN TYLER.
WASHINGTON, _March 1, 1843_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit herewith to the Senate a copy of a report received from the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of that institution for the year 1842.
JOHN TYLER.
[The same message was sent to the House of Representatives.]
WASHINGTON, D.C. _January 19, 1844_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith the report of the inspectors of the penitentiary of the District of Columbia for the past year, with the accompanying documents.
JOHN TYLER.
WASHINGTON, D.C., _January 20, 1844_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith the annual report of the Director of the Mint at Philadelphia, exhibiting the operations of the Mint and branch mints for the past year.
JOHN TYLER.
WASHINGTON, _February 3, 1845_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit herewith to the Senate a report from the Director of the Mint, showing the operations of the institution for the year 1844.
JOHN TYLER.
[The same message was sent to the House of Representatives.]
WASHINGTON, _February 11, 1845_.
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