Of that sum $1,987.50 have been necessarily applied to the support of the Territorial governments of Michigan and Louisiana until an opportu...
I now render to Congress an account of the grant of $20,000 for the contingent charges of Government.
Being mostly originals or sole copies, a return of them is requested at the convenience of the Senate.
Our expectation was that an intercourse should be kept up between the ex-Bashaw and the commodore.
A nation by establishing a character of liberality and magnanimity gains in the friendship and respect of others more than the worth of mere...
We considered that concerted operations by those who have a common enemy were entirely justifiable.
We have no letter from Mr. Lear respecting Tripoline affairs of later date than that of July 5, which was transmitted to the Senate with the...
In all these cases the purity and patriotism of the motives should shield the agent from blame, and even secure a sanction where the error i...
I now communicate to the House of Representatives all the information which the executive offices furnish on the subject of their resolution...
The governor and presiding judge of the Territory of Michigan have made a report to me of the state of that Territory, several matters in wh...
If from this sum we deduct the reasonable value of the road ceded through the whole length of their country from Ocmulgee toward New Orleans...
On these several treaties I have to request that the Senate will advise whether I shall ratify them or not.
I now lay before the Senate the several treaties and conventions following, which have been entered into on the part of the United States si...
Before this convention was returned to Spain with our ratification the transfer of Louisiana by France to the United States took place, an e...
From that moment she seemed to change her conduct and dispositions toward us.
Then high offense was manifested at the act of Congress establishing a collection district on the Mobile, although by an authentic declarati...
She was prompt and decided in her declarations that our demands on Spain for French spoliations carried into Spanish ports were included in ...
It was first manifested by her protest against the right of France to alienate Louisiana to us, which, however, was soon retracted and the r...
