A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 163 pages of information about A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents.

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 163 pages of information about A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents.

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 80:  Relating to the revocation of the Berlin and Milan decrees by France, to the British orders in council, etc.]

JUNE 8, 1812.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States

I lay before Congress copies of letters[81] which have passed between the Secretary of State and the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Great Britain.

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 81:  Relating to impressment of American seamen in British ships of war, detention of British seamen in American ships of war, British orders in council, aid given by American citizens to deserters from British ships, etc.]

JUNE 11, 1812.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States

I transmit, for the information of Congress, copies of letters[82] which have passed between the Secretary of State and the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Great Britain.

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 82:  Relating to the alleged agency of British authorities in Canada in atrocities committed on the frontiers of the United States by Indians.]

JUNE 15, 1812.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States

I transmit, for the information of Congress, copies of letters[83] which have passed between the Secretary of State and the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Great Britain.

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 83:  Relating to the revocation of the Berlin and Milan decrees by France, to the British orders in council, etc.]

JUNE 16, 1812.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States

I transmit, for the information of Congress, copies of a letter to the Secretary of State from the chargé d’affaires of the United States at London, accompanied by a letter from the latter to the British minister of foreign affairs.[84]

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 84:  Relating to the British declaration and order in council of April 21, 1812, to the hostile attitude of Great Britain toward American commerce, etc.]

JUNE 22, 1812.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States

I communicate to Congress copies of a letter to the Secretary of State from the chargé d’affaires of the United States at London and of a note[85] to him from the British secretary for foreign affairs.

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 85:  Inclosing copy of a declaration accompanying the British order in council of April 21, 1812.]

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