From James Madison to the Senate, 22 February 1817
To the Senate
February 22. 1817
To the Senate of the U. States.
I transmit to the Senate a Report of the Secretary of State complying ⟨wi⟩th their Resolution of the 20th instant1
James Madison
RC (DNA: RG 46, Legislative Proceedings, President’s Messages, 14A–E3).
1. On 20 Feb. 1817 the Senate continued discussion of a resolution, offered on 19 Feb. by John Williams of Tennessee, requesting “a copy of the correspondence between the Government of the United States and the Government of Spain, relative to the subjects of controversy between the two nations, except such parts as he may deem improper to disclose” ( , 14th Cong., 2d sess., 131, 134–36). For the report, see Monroe to JM, 22 Feb. 1817.