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In the process of carrying into execution this law it was the opinion of the Attorney-General of the United States that a translated complete collection of all the Spanish and French ordinances, etc., affecting the land titles in Florida and the other territories heretofore belonging to France and Spain, would be indispensable to a just decision of those claims by the Supreme Court. At his suggestion the task of preparing this compilation was undertaken by Joseph M. White, of Florida, who was employed as assistant counsel in behalf of the United States. The collection has accordingly been made and is deposited in manuscript at the Department of State, subject to such order as Congress may see fit to take concerning it. The letter from Mr. White to the Secretary of State, with a descriptive list of the documents collected and thus deposited, is herewith transmitted to Congress.
John Quincy Adams.
Washington, February 16, 1829.
To the Senate of the United States:
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, requesting detailed statements of the expenses incurred and of those which may be necessary for the expedition proposed for exploring the Pacific Ocean and South Seas, and also of the several amounts transferred from the different heads of appropriation for the support of the Navy to this object and the authority by which such transfers have been made, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of the Navy, with documents, from which the Senate will perceive that no such transfer has been made, and which contain the other information desired by the resolution.
John Quincy Adams.
Washington, February 20, 1829.
To the Senate of the United States:
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, requesting copies of correspondence and communications from 20th October, 1816, to 24th November, 1817, received at the Department of State from the American commissioner under the fourth article of the treaty of Ghent, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, with the copies of papers mentioned in the resolution.
John Quincy Adams.
Washington, February 20, 1829.
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, with documents, prepared in pursuance of their resolution of the 31st of December last, and showing the amount of expenses incurred in the survey, sale, and management of the public lands for the year 1827.
John Quincy Adams.
Washington, February 25,1829.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
By the act of Congress of the 3d March, 1826, for the survey of a route for a canal between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, the President of the United States was authorized to cause to be made an accurate and minute examination of the country south of the St. Marys River, and including the same, with a view to ascertain the most eligible route for a canal admitting the transit of boats to connect the Atlantic with the Gulf of Mexico, and also with a view to ascertain the practicability of a ship channel; that he cause particularly to be examined the route to the Appalachicola River or Bay, with a view to both the above objects; that he cause the necessary surveys, both by land and along the coast, with estimates of the expense of each, accompanied with proper plans, notes, observations, explanations, and opinions of the Board of Engineers, and that he cause a full report of these proceedings to be made to Congress.
In execution of this law I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, with a copy of that of the Board of Engineers, upon this great and most desirable national work. The time not having allowed a copy to be taken of the map, one copy only of the whole report is transmitted to the Senate, with the request that it may be communicated to the House of Representatives, and that the map may be ultimately returned to the Department of War.
John Quincy Adams.
Washington, February 26, 1829.
To the Senate of the United States:
In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 20th instant, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, with the inspection reports of Brevet Major-General Gaines for the years 1826 and 1827, relating to the organization of the Army and militia of the United States, with the request that the original documents may be returned to the Department of War at the convenience of the Senate.
John Quincy Adams.
Washington, February 26,1829.
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit herewith to the Senate, for their constitutional advice with regard to its ratification, a treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation between the United States and His Majesty the Emperor of Brazil, signed by the plenipotentiaries of the respective Governments at Rio de Janeiro on the 12th day of December last. A copy of the treaty is likewise inclosed, with copies of the instructions under which it was negotiated and a letter from Mr. Tudor elucidating some of its provisions. It is requested that at the convenience of the Senate the original papers may be returned to the Department of State.
John Quincy Adams.
Washington, February 28, 1829.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
I transmit to Congress copies of two Indian treaties, which have duly ratified:
1. A treaty with the Chippewa, Menominie, and Winnebago Indians, concluded on the 11th of August, 1827, at the Butte des Morts, on Fox River, in the Territory of Michigan, between Lewis Cass and Thomas L. McKenney, commissioners on the part of the United States, and certain chiefs and warriors of the said tribes on their part.
2. A treaty with the Potawatamie tribe of Indians, concluded the 19th of September, 1827, at St. Joseph, in the Territory of Michigan, between Lewis Cass, commissioner on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and warriors of the said tribes, on their part.
John Quincy Adams.
Washington, February 28, 1829.
To the House of Representatives of the United States:
In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st instant, requesting any information in my possession as to the practical operation of the recent act of the British Parliament entitled "The customs amendment act," purporting a discrimination of duties upon the importation of cotton from the British North American colonies and showing how far this discrimination may affect existing treaties, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, with copies of the instructions and correspondence of the minister of the United States at London, containing the information requested.
John Quincy Adams.
Washington, March 3, 1829.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
I transmit herewith to Congress a copy of the instructions prepared by the Secretary of State and furnished to the ministers of the United States appointed to attend at the assembly of American plenipotentiaries first held at Panama and thence transferred to Tacubaya. The occasion upon which they were given has passed away, and there is no present probability of the renewal of the negotiations; but the purposes for which they were intended are still of the deepest interest to our country and to the world, and may hereafter call again for the active efforts and beneficent energies of the Government of the United States. The motives for withholding them from general publication having ceased, justice to the Government from which they emanated and to the people for whose benefit it was instituted requires that they should be made known. With this view, and from the consideration that the subjects embraced by these instructions must probably engage hereafter the deliberations of our successors, I deem it proper to make this communication to both Houses of Congress. One copy only of the instructions being prepared, I send it to the Senate, requesting that it may be transmitted to the House of Representatives.
John Quincy Adams.
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PROCLAMATION.
(From Senate Journal, Twentieth Congress, second session, p. 196.)
Washington, January 12, 1829
The President of the United States to—, Senator for the State of—:
Certain matters touching the public good requiring that the Senate of the United States should be convened on Wednesday, the 4th day of March next, you are desired to attend at the Senate Chamber, in the city of Washington, on that day, then and there to receive and deliberate on such communications as shall be made to you.
John Quincy Adams.
FOOTNOTES:
[Footnote 001: See Vol. I, pp. 352 to 354, inclusive.]
[Footnote 002: Relating to the proposed congress at Panama.]
[Footnote 003: Relating to land warrants issued to soldiers of the Revolutionary war, etc.]
[Footnote 004: Relating to intervention of the Emperor of Russia with Spain for a recognition of the independence of the South American States.]
[Footnote 005: Relating to the proposed congress of the Spanish American States.]
[Footnote 006: Relative to governments to be represented at the congress at Panama.]
[Footnote 007 and 007a: Respecting the right of a foreign minister to retain money advanced by the President as an outfit beyond the sum appropriated by law.]
[Footnote 008: Relating to the negotiations with Great Britain for a cession of certain keys on the Bahama Banks.]
[Footnote 009: Referred to in the protocol of the third conference of the American and British plenipotentiaries on February 5, 1824, relating to trade with Great Britain.]
[Footnote 010: Concerning the assembly of American ministers at Tacubaya, Mexico]
[Footnote: 011 Relating to the conflicting claims of Georgia and the Creek Indians to lands in Georgia.]
[Footnote 012: Relating to the conflicting claims of Georgia and the Creek Indians to lands in Georgia.]
[Footnote 013: Relating to the northeastern boundary of the United States.]
[Footnote 014: Relating to the detention of American vessels by the naval forces of Brazil.]
[Footnote 015: Relating to the war between Spain and her colonies.]
[Footnote 016: By the authorities of the Province of New Brunswick.]
[Footnote 017: Relating to alleged blockade by the naval forces of Brazil, imprisonment of American citizens by Brazil, etc.]
[Footnote 018: Relating to a survey for a canal through the Cherokee country.]
[Footnote 019: Relating to claims of Georgia and the Creek Indians under the treaty of 1821, held at Indian Springs.]
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