Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
An article of expense having occurred in the Department of Foreign Affairs for which no provision has been made by law, I lay before you a letter from the Secretary of State explaining the same, in order that you may do thereon what you shall find to be right.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
UNITED STATES, March 3, 1792.
Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
I lay before you a copy of a return of the number of inhabitants in the district of South Carolina as made to me by the marshal thereof, and a copy of a letter which accompanied said return.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
UNITED STATES, March 5, 1792.
Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
Knowing the friendly interest you take in whatever may promote the happiness and prosperity of the French nation, it is with pleasure that I lay before you the translation of a letter which I have received from His Most Christian Majesty, announcing to the United States of America his acceptance of the constitution presented to him by his nation.