[Footnote 143: Principal surveyor of Missouri and Illinois, official
conduct of.]
WASHINGTON, _February 17, 1845_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of
the 30th of December last, requesting information with reference to
indemnities for claims of citizens of the United States upon the Mexican
Government, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State and
the documents which accompanied it.