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_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I herewith transmit the annual report of the inspectors of the
penitentiary for this District, together with accompanying documents.
JOHN TYLER.
WASHINGTON, _January 28, 1846_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I herewith transmit the annual report of the inspectors of the
penitentiary for the District of Columbia, made in compliance with the
act of the 3d March, 1829.
JAMES K. POLK.
WASHINGTON, D.C., _February 10, 1846_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit herewith the report of the Director of the Mint at
Philadelphia, showing the operation of the Mint and branch mints for the
year 1845.
JAMES K. POLK.
WASHINGTON, _January 16, 1847_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
In compliance with the resolutions of the 3d of March, 1829, I transmit
herewith the annual report of the inspectors of the penitentiary for the
District of Columbia.
JAMES K. POLK.
WASHINGTON, _February 4, 1847_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Director of
the Mint, showing the operations of that institution for the year 1846.
JAMES K. POLK.
WASHINGTON, _January 18, 1848_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I herewith transmit the annual report of the inspectors of the
penitentiary for the District of Columbia, made in compliance with the
act of the 3d March, 1829.
JAMES K. POLK.
WASHINGTON, _January 31, 1848_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit herewith the annual report of the Director of the Mint at
Philadelphia, showing the operation of the Mint and branch mints for the
year 1847.
JAMES K. POLK.
WASHINGTON, _January 11, 1849_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
I herewith transmit the annual report of the inspectors of the
penitentiary for the District of Columbia, made in compliance with the
act of the 3d March, 1829.
JAMES K. POLK.
WASHINGTON, _January 22, 1849_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit herewith the annual report of the Director of the Mint at
Philadelphia, showing the operations of the Mint and branch mints for
the year 1848.
JAMES K. POLK.
WASHINGTON, _January 28, 1850_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit herewith the annual report of the Director of the Mint at
Philadelphia, showing the operations of the Mint and its branches for
the year 1849.
Z. TAYLOR.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, _February 5, 1850_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I herewith transmit the annual report of the inspectors of the
penitentiary for the District of Columbia, made in compliance with the
act of the 3d March, 1829.
Z. TAYLOR.
WASHINGTON, _January 30, 1851_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit herewith the annual report of the Director of the Mint at
Philadelphia, showing the operation of the Mint and branch mints for the
year 1850.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
WASHINGTON, _February 15, 1851_.
The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
I have the honor herewith to transmit to the House of Representatives
the report of the inspectors of the penitentiary of the United States
in this District for the year ending December 31, 1850.