I lay before you an official statement of the appropriation of $10,000, granted to defray the contingent expenses of Government by an act of the 26th March, 1790.
A copy of two resolutions of the legislature of Virginia, and a petition of sundry officers and assignees of officers and soldiers of the Virginia line on continental establishment, on the subject of bounty lands allotted to them on the northwest side of the Ohio; and
A copy of an act of the legislature of Maryland to empower the wardens of the port of Baltimore to levy and collect the duty therein mentioned.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
UNITED STATES, January 17, 1791.
Gentlemen of the Senate:
I lay before you a letter from His Most Christian Majesty, addressed to the President and Members of Congress of the United States of America.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
To our very dear friends and allies, the President and Members of the General Congress of the United States of North America.
VERY DEAR GREAT FRIENDS AND ALLIES: We have received the letter by which you inform us of the new mark of confidence that you have shown to Mr. Jefferson, and which puts a period to his appointment of minister plenipotentiary at our Court.