Ordered, That the Secretary lay this resolution before the President of the United States.
Friday, February 20.
The following Message was received from the President of the United States:
Gentlemen of the Senate:
I request of the Senate, that the letter and journal of our late Envoys to France, and the copy of their instructions, and other documents relative to that negotiation, may be returned to me, or to the office of State.
JOHN ADAMS.
United States, Feb. 20, 1801.
The Message was read: Whereupon,
Ordered, That the papers specified in the Message of the President of the United States, of this day, be returned to him.