JANUARY 31, 1805.
To the Senate of the United States:
According to the desire expressed in your resolution of the 28th instant, I now communicate a report of the Secretary of State, with documents, relative to complaints[32] against arming the merchant ships and vessels of the United States and the conduct of the captains and crews of such as have been armed.
TH: JEFFERSON.
FEBRUARY 23, 1805.
To the House of Representatives of the United States:
In further compliance with the desire of the House of Representatives, expressed in their resolution of December 31, I now transmit the report and map of Isaac Briggs referred to in my message of the 1st instant,[33] and received by the last post from New Orleans.
TH: JEFFERSON.
DECEMBER 6, 1805.
The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.