I communicate to Congress a letter from the Secretary of War, together with a representation from Colonel Brooke, relating to the present condition of the Indians in Florida, and which I recommend to the favorable consideration of Congress. John Quincy Adams. Washington, _March 1, 1826_ _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: A resolution of the House of Representatives adopted at the first session of the Eighteenth Congress, and bearing date the 6th of May, 1824, requested the President of the United States to lay before the House at their then next session a detailed report of the system and plan of fortifications then contemplated and recommended by the Board of Engineers, with various particulars specified in the resolution; and on the 5th of January last a further resolution was adopted requesting similar information. I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, with a letter from the Chief Engineer, and documents, containing, so far as it has been found practicable to obtain and compile it, the information requested by these resolutions. John Quincy Adams. Washington, _March 5, 1826_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_: I now submit to the consideration of Congress the propriety of making the appropriation for carrying into effect the appointment of a mission to the congress at Panama. John Quincy Adams. Washington, _March 7, 1826_. _To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_: I communicate to both Houses of Congress a letter from the Secretary of War, together with copies of one to him from the Senators of the State of Maryland, and several other documents, relating to a claim of that State upon the Government of the United States for interest upon certain expenditures during the late war, which I the more readily recommend to the favorable and early consideration of Congress inasmuch as the principle upon which the claim is advanced appears to have been settled by the act of Congress of 3d March, 1825, authorizing the payment of interest due to the State of Virginia. John Quincy Adams. Washington, _March 8, 1826_. _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 proceedings of the court and marshal of the United States for the district of Alabama, and other documents, in relation to the cargoes of certain slave ships, the _Constitution, Louisa_. and _Marino_. containing the information requested by a resolution of the House of February 16, 1825. John Quincy Adams. Washington, _March 8, 1826_. _To the House of Representatives of the United States_: