A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Section 1 (of 3) of Volume 10.
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Section 1 (of 3) of Volume 10.
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[Footnote 126: Transmitting correspondence and protocols of conferences
between United States envoys at Ghent and ministers of Great Britain.]
FEBRUARY 23, 1815.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[127] from the Acting
Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 15th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 127: Relating to affairs between the United States and the
Barbary Powers.]
WASHINGTON, _February 28, 1815_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[128] from the Postmaster-General,
complying with their resolution of the 15th of December last.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 128: Transmitting statement of number of post-offices and
miles of post-roads in each State, net amount of postages for six months
ending June 30, 1814, etc.]
WASHINGTON, _February 28, 1815_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report[129] from the Acting Secretary of
State, complying with their resolution of the 24th of October last.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 129: Relating to the sale of negroes taken from the United
States by British forces.]
JANUARY 8, 1816.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I communicate, for the information of Congress, the report of the
Director of the Mint of the operation of that establishment during the
last year.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 26, 1816.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
In compliance with the resolution of the 24th instant, I transmit two
letters from the envoy extraordinary and minister-plenipotentiary of
Spain to the Secretary of State, with his answer.[130]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 130: Relating to demand of Spain for possession of West
Florida; to unlawful expeditions against Spanish possessions; to the
exclusion from ports of the United States of the flags of revolting
provinces of Spain; to the attitude of the United States toward the
Mexican revolution; to vessels of the United States condemned in ports
of Spain; to the free navigation of the Mississippi; to the boundaries
of Louisiana, etc.]
WASHINGTON, _January 31, 1816_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit a report[131] of the Secretary of State, complying with the
resolution of the 4th instant.
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 131: Relating to the massacre of American prisoners at
Dartmoor prison, England.]
FEBRUARY 13, 1816.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of War, complying
with their resolution of the 5th instant.[132]
JAMES MADISON.
[Footnote 132: Relating to the reduction of the late Army to a peace
establishment.]
MARCH 11, 1816.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[133] of the
Secretary of the Treasury, complying with their resolution of the
17th of February.
JAMES MADISON.
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