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.

JANUARY 10, 1815.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States

I transmit to Congress an account of the contingent expenses of the Government for the year 1814.

JAMES MADISON.

JANUARY 14, 1815.

To the Senate of the United States

I transmit to the Senate a report of the Secretary of War, complying with their resolution of the 19th December.[125]

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 125:  Relating to measures authorized by the President in pursuance of the “act to enable the President of the United States, under certain contingencies, to take possession of the country lying east of the river Perdido and south of the State of Georgia and the Mississippi Territory, and for other purposes,” for the purpose of possessing and occupying any part of the country mentioned in said act.]

FEBRUARY 16, 1815.

To the Senate of the United States

I transmit to the Senate a report[126] of the Acting Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of yesterday.

JAMES MADISON.

[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.

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