DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WIT: DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE. BE it remembered, that on the twenty-eighth day of October, A. D. 1816, and in the forty-first year of the Independence of the United States of America, Thomas B. Wait and Sons, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit: "State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, from the accession of George Washington to the Presidency, exhibiting a complete view of our Foreign Relations since that time. In ten volumes. Second edition. Published under the patronage of Congress. Including Confidential Documents, now first published." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned:" and also to an act, entitled, "An act supplementary to an act, entitled, An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the eopies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of Designing, Engraving and Etching Historical, and other Prints." JNO. W. DAVIS, CONTENTS. MESSAGE, Dec. 31, 1810, transmitting supplemental report of Secretary of State, enclosing a further communication from general Armstrong relative to French duties Message, Jan. 3, 1811, relative to the Floridas Message, Jan. 12, 1811, transmitting letters from Mr. Pink- ney to Secretary of State, and to lord Wellesley Message, Jan. 14, 1811, transmitting proclamation announc- ing revocation of French decrees Message, Jan. 31, 1811, transmitting letters from Mr. Russell to duke de Cadore, relative to seizure of New Orleans Message, Feb. 19, 1811, transmitting all information not be- Message, Nov. 5, 1811, opening Congress Correspondence between Sec'y of State and Mr. Foster Correspondence of Mr. J. S. Smith with lord Wellesley Correspondence between Mr. Monroe and Mr. Foster Correspondence relative to British sloop of war Little Belt Correspondence of Messrs. Monroe and Foster relative to the Correspondence between Mr. Pinkney and lord Wellesley, relative to French decrees and British orders Correspondence between J. S. Smith and lord Wellesley Judgment of sir W. Scott in case of the Fox and others List of American vessels condemned under orders in council Mr. Russell's correspondence with Secretary of State, M. Page List of American vessels taken by French after Nov. 1, 1810 200 Mr, Erving's correspondence with Secretary of State and Mr. Lists of American vessels captured by the Danes, and carried into Christiansand,Holstein,Sleswick, and Danish islands 232 Message, Nov. 7, 1811, transmitting Turreau's letter of Nov. sions of the two great belligerents. Nov. 29, 1811 241 Message, Jan. 16, 1812, transmitting report of Secretary of State; trade to France subject to severe restrictions Message, Jan. 16, 1812, transmitting letter from Mr. Foster to Message, March 13, 1812, transmitting letter from Mr. Fos- ter to Mr. Monroe, relative to Henry, Craig, &c. Message, April 1,1812, recommending an embargo Message, April 23, 1812, relative to captures of American tween Sec'y of State and Mr. Barlow, minister at Paris 323 Message, June 1, 1812, recommending war with Great Britain 362 Correspondence between Mr. Foster and Mr. Monroe Correspondence between Mr. Monroe and Mr. Russell Message, June 4, 1812, transmitting correspondence of Sec-. retary of State with British plenipotentiary Report of French minister of foreign relations. March 10, 1812 411 Message, June 11, 1812, transmitting correspondence of Sec- MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. DEC. 31, 1810. I LAY before the House of Representatives a supplemental report of the Secretary of State, containing information, received since the date of my last message, on the subject of their resolution of the 21st instant. · JAMES MADISON. Department of State, Dec. 31, 1810. SIR,-Having just received from general Armstrong the enclosed communication, (marked D) I hasten to transmit it to you, as a supplement to the report which I had the honour of laying before you on the 28th of this month. With the highest respect and consideration, I have the honour to be, &c. The President of the United States. R. SMITH. (D.) Washington, Dec. 29, 1810. SIR,-In giving the few papers I brought with me another examination, I have found the enclosed extract from the minutes of the French council of commerce of the 12th of September last. Having a connection with the subject of my letter of yesterday, I have the honour of transmitting it to you, and at the same time of renewing the assurances of my very high consideration. JOHN ARMSTRONG. TRANSLATION. Extract from the Minutes of the Office of the Secretary of State. At the Palace of St. Cloud, Sept. 12, 1810. NAPOLEON, emperor of the French, king of Italy, protector of the confederation of the Rhine, and mediator of the Swiss confederation: Upon the report of our minister of the interior: After having heard our council of the administration of the finances, and in conformity with our decree of the 5th of August, 1810. We have decreed and do decree as follows: ART. 1. The duties of entry upon the articles of merchandise hereafter mentioned, are regulated in the following manner : francs. cents. 30 00 2.50 25 00 10 00 8 00 400 00 1,500 00 200 00 idem, 20 00 |