In answer to the inquiries of the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 30th of March, relative to certain dates,[39] I transmit a report of the Secretary of State to me on that subject.

TH: JEFFERSON.

NOVEMBER 30, 1808.

To the House of Representatives of the United States:

According to the request of the House of Representatives expressed in their resolution of the 25th instant, I now lay before them a copy of my proclamation of the 19th of April last.[40]

TH: JEFFERSON.

DECEMBER 1, 1808.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:

I transmit to Congress a report from the Surveyor of the Public Buildings of the progress made on them during the last season, of their present state, and the expenditures incurred and of those that may be requisite for their further prosecution.

TH: JEFFERSON.