WASHINGTON, _December 21, 1832_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I beg leave to call the attention of Congress to the accompanying
communication from the Secretary of State, inclosing a correspondence
between him and the artist employed to execute the statue of Washington
which is to be placed in the Rotunda of the Capitol.
It appears from this correspondence that the present appropriation for
the execution of this work is inadequate to the object, and I therefore
feel it my duty before concluding the contract to ascertain whether the
additional sum recommended as proper by the Secretary of State and the
terms proposed by the artist will meet the approbation of Congress.
For this purpose the papers are respectfully submitted.