_February 15, 1837_.
Major-General ALEXANDER MACOMB,
_President of the Court of Inquiry, etc._
SIR: I have the honor to inclose a copy of the opinion of the President
of the United States on the proceedings of the court of inquiry of which
you are president, relative to the campaign against the Creek Indians,
and, in compliance with the direction at the close thereof, to transmit
herewith those proceedings, with the documentary evidence referred to
therein, for the further action of the court.
Very respectfully, your most obedient servant,