I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, agreeably to a resolution of that House of the 11th of December last, with the papers[166] which accompanied that report. JAMES MONROE. [Footnote 166: Relating to French spoliations.] FEBRUARY 24, 1824. _To the Senate of the United States_: I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of War, which communicates all the information in possession of the Department which was called for by a resolution of the Senate of the 21st of January, 1824.[167] JAMES MONROE. [Footnote 167: Relating to sites for fortifications at St. Marys and Patuxent rivers, plans for same, and estimates of cost of each fortification.] WASHINGTON, _March 19, 1824_. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, with the papers[168] therein referred to, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 27th of January last. JAMES MONROE. [Footnote 168: Relating to the suppression of the African slave trade.] WASHINGTON, _May 7, 1824_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I communicate to the Senate copies of additional documents relating to the convention for the suppression of the African slave trade, which have this day been received at the Department of State. JAMES MONROE. MAY 24, 1824. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, with an appendix to a report[169] from him already communicated to the House. JAMES MONROE. [Footnote 169: Addition to digest of foreign commercial law.] WASHINGTON, _May 25, 1824_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit to the Senate a report[170] from the Secretary of State, concerning two resolutions of the Senate of the 8th of January and 1st of March last, which had been referred to him. JAMES MONROE. [Footnote 170: Relating to foreign spoliations on American commerce.] MAY 25, 1824. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[171] from the Secretary of State, concerning a resolution of that House of the 20th of April last, which was referred to him. JAMES MONROE. [Footnote 171: Stating that the correspondence relative to French spoliations and to the claims of France upon the United States for noncompliance with the treaties of alliance and commerce of February 6, 1778, would be communicated at the next session of Congress.] WASHINGTON, _December 13, 1824_. _To the Senate of the United States_: I transmit to the Senate, for its advice and consent as to the ratification, the treaties concluded and signed on the 4th day of August last between the United States and the Ioway, the Sock, and Fox tribes of Indians. JAMES MONROE. WASHINGTON, _December 13, 1824_. _To the Senate of the United States_: