Special Message
05/10/1820
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I transmit herewith to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State
collected conformably to a resolution of the Senate of the 18th of January, 1819
It appears, however, that the treaty is still unratified and that the minister has no authority to surrender the territory.
In regard to the stipulation proposed as the condition of the ratification of the treaty, that the United States shall abandon the right to ...