MARCH 17, 1820. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit to Congress a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, accompanied with statements of the annual expenditures made in the construction of the road leading from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio from the year 1806 to the year 1820. JAMES MONROE. WASHINGTON, _March 23, 1820_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit to the Senate, in pursuance of their resolution of the 1st of February, a report[150] from the Secretary of State, with the information required by that rotation. JAMES MONROE. [Footnote 150: Relating to the construction of the first article of the treaty of Ghent, relative to slaves.] WASHINGTON, _March 28, 1820_. _To the House of Representatives_: I transmit to the House of Representatives, in pursuance of their resolution of the 31st of January last, a report[151] from the Secretary of the Treasury, with the documents which accompanied it. JAMES MONROE. [Footnote 151: Relating to the marine-hospital fund.] MARCH 30, 1820. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit to Congress a general abstract of the militia of the United States, in pursuance of the act of March 2, 1803. JAMES MONROE. WASHINGTON, _April 18, 1820_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I lay before the Senate, in pursuance of their resolution of the 21st of last month, the accompanying report and documents[152] from the Department of State. JAMES MONROE. [Footnote 152: Relating to the seizure, sequestration, or confiscation of the ships or other property of citizens of the United States by authority of Sweden.] WASHINGTON, _May 12, 1820_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_: I communicate to Congress translations of letters from the minister of Spain to the Secretary of State, received since my message of the 9th instant.[153] JAMES MONROE. [Footnote 153: See Vol. II, pp. 70-72.] NOVEMBER 23, 1820. The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE: In conformity with a resolution of the Senate passed the 28th of January, 1818, I communicate herewith to the Senate the report of the Commissioner of Public Buildings required by that resolution. JAMES MONROE. [The same message was addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.] JANUARY 26, 1821. _To the Senate of the United States_: I lay before the Senate, for their consideration and advice as to a ratification, a treaty concluded between the United States and the Creek Nation of Indians. JAMES MONROE. WASHINGTON, _February 13, 1821_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit herewith to the Senate a copy of a memorial received from Richard W. Meade,[154] together with a report of the Secretary of State concerning it. JAMES MONROE. [Footnote 154: Relating to his claim against Spain for imprisonment.] WASHINGTON, _February 14, 1821_. _To the Senate of the United States_: