I send herewith the papers relating to the negotiation of the treaty with Spain, to which I referred in my message of the 26th instant.[17] Go. WASHINGTON. [Footnote 17: See Vol. I, p. 192.] _Gentlemen of the Senate_: I send herewith a copy of the treaty of friendship, limits, and navigation between the United States and His Catholic Majesty, which has been ratified by me with your advice and consent. A copy of the treaty will be immediately communicated to the House of Representatives, it being necessary to make provision in the present session for carrying into execution the third and twenty-first articles, particularly the former, seeing that execution must commence before the next meeting of Congress. Estimates of the moneys necessary to be provided for the purposes of this and several other treaties with foreign nations and the Indian tribes will be laid before you by the proper Department. Go. WASHINGTON. MARCH 29, 1796. UNITED STATES, _February 15, 1707_. _Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives_: I lay before you an official statement of the expenditure to the end of the year 1796 from the sums heretofore granted to defray the contingent charges of the Government. Go. WASHINGTON. UNITED STATES, _June 22, 1797_. _Gentlemen of the Senate_: Having sent the report and documents which accompany this message to the House of Representatives,[18] in compliance with their desire expressed in their resolution of the 10th of this month, I think it proper to send duplicates to the Senate for their information. JOHN ADAMS. [Footnote 18: See message of June 22, 1797, Vol. I, p. 247.] UNITED STATES, _May 4, 1798_. _Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives_: I now transmit to Congress copies of all the communications[19] from our envoys extraordinary received since their arrival in Paris, excepting those before presented by me to both Houses. JOHN ADAMS. [Footnote 19: Relating to affairs between the United States and France.] UNITED STATES, _May 29, 1798_. _Gentlemen of the Senate_: An article explanatory of the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation between the United States and His Britannic Majesty has been signed by the plenipotentiaries of the two powers, which I now submit to the Senate for their consideration. JOHN ADAMS. UNITED STATES, _June 5, 1798_. _Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives_: I now transmit to both Houses the communications[20] from our envoys at Paris received since the last which have been presented by me to Congress. JOHN ADAMS. [Footnote 20: Relating to affairs between the United States and France.] UNITED STATES, _June 18, 1798_. _Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives_: I now transmit to Congress the dispatch No. 8 from our envoys extraordinary to the French Republic,[21] which was received at the Secretary of State's office on Thursday, the 14th day of this month.