Mr. McLane to Sir Charles R. Vaughan.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, March 4, 1834.
Right Hon. SIR CHARLES R. VAUGHAN, G.C.H.,
Envoy Extraordinary, etc.
SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 28th ultimo, furnishing the explanation of the lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick of a transaction referred to by the land agent of Massachusetts in a letter addressed to his excellency the governor of that Commonwealth, and subsequently communicated to you by this Department in a note dated 21st December last, and to inform you that copies of your communication, together with the documents which accompanied it, will, by direction of the President, be transmitted without unnecessary delay to the executive of the State of Massachusetts.
I pray you to accept the assurance of my distinguished consideration.
LOUIS McLANE.
WASHINGTON, January 27, 1838.
Hon. R.M. JOHNSON,
President of the Senate.
SIR: I transmit herewith, in compliance with the requirements of the second section of the act of March 3, 1837, making appropriations for the Indian Department, a communication from the War Department, accompanied by a copy of the report of the agents appointed to inquire what depredations had been committed by the Seminole and Creek Indians on the property of citizens of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.
M. VAN BUREN.