...authorizing the location of a road from Wheeling, in the State of Virginia, to a point on the left bank of the Mississippi River between St. Louis and the mouth of the Illinois River...

I transmit to Congress a report from the Secretary of the Treasury submitting copies of the instructions given to the commissioners appointed under the act of the 15th of May, 1820...

requesting the President of the United States to communicate

I now transmit a report from the Secretary of War communicating the information desired.

I now transmit a letter from the Secretary of War, with a report of the superintendent of Indian trade, which contains the information desired.

I now submit for the information of the House a report from the Secretary of the Navy, with accompanying documents, which contains all the information in the possession of the Government required by that resolution.

With the Weas, Kickapoos, Chippeways, Ottawas, Choctaws, and Mahas; and also a treaty with the Kickapoos amended as proposed by a resolution of the Senate at their last session

In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 21st November last, requesting the President to lay before the House information relating to the progress and expenditures of the commissioners under the fifth, sixth…

JAMES MONROE

To the House of Representatives

I submit to the consideration of the Senate, for their advice and consent as to the ratification, the following treaties, concluded with the several Indian tribes therein mentioned since the last session of Congress, with their documents

The friendly sentiment which was expressed on the part of the United States in the message of the 9th of May last is still entertained for Spain.

The question depending between the United States and Great Britain respecting the construction of the first article of the treaty of Ghent has been referred by both Governments to the decision of the Emperor of Russia.

I can not regard the pressures to which I have adverted otherwise than in the light of mild and instructive admonitions.

The commercial relations between the United States and the British colonies in the West Indies and on this continent have undergone no change.

An attempt has been made with the Government of France to regulate by treaty the commerce between the two countries on the principle of reciprocity and equality.

The late change in the Government of Spain, by the reestablishment of the constitution of 1812, is an event which promises to be favorable to the revolution.

With the Indians peace has been preserved and a progress made in carrying into effect the act of Congress making an appropriation for their civilization.