Political Quotes

To the House of Representatives: I transmit a letter from the Secretary of War ad interim, accompanied by various documents, in relation to a survey recently made of the mouths of the Mississippi River under a law of the last session of Congress.

I transmit to the Senate a report of the Secretary of the Navy, complying with their resolution of the 24th of May, 1836.

I transmit to Congress herewith the copy of an act of the State of Missouri passed on the 16th ultimo, expressing the assent of that State to the several provisions of the act of Congress entitled 'An act to extend the western boundary of the State of Missouri to the Missouri River,' approved June 7, 1836.

I herewith transmit the report ** of the Secretary of the Navy, which affords all the information required by said resolution.