EXECUTIVE MANSION, _April 1, 1886_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of State, in relation
to the claim of the representatives of the late Hon. James Crooks, a
British subject, against this Government for the seizure of the schooner
_Lord Nelson_ in 1812.
The matter is commended to the favorable consideration of Congress.