To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit the original of the convention between the United States and Great Britain, as signed by their respective plenipotentiaries, on the 3d day of July last, a copy of which was laid before the Senate on the 5th instant.
I transmit also a copy of the late treaty of peace with Algiers, as certified by one of the commissioners of the United States, an office copy of which was laid before the Senate on the 5th instant, the original of the treaty not having been received.
JAMES MADISON.
DECEMBER 23, 1815.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
I lay before Congress copies of a proclamation notifying the convention concluded with Great Britain on the 3d day of July last, and that the same has been duly ratified; and I recommend to Congress such legislative provisions as the convention may call for on the part of the United States.
JAMES MADISON.
JANUARY 18, 1816.
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: