1837, Feb. 14. Message from the President ... with copies of Correspondence in relation to the Seizure of Slaves on board the brigs "Encomium" and "Enterprise." Senate Doc., 24 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 174; cf. Ibid., 25 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 216.
1837–1839. Reports of the Secretary of the Navy. House Doc., 25 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 3, pp. 762, 771, 850; 25 Cong. 3 sess. I. No. 2, p. 613; 26 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 534, 612.
1839. [L'Amistad Case.] House Doc., 26 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 185 (correspondence); 27 Cong. 3 sess. V. No. 191 (correspondence); 28 Cong. 1 sess. IV No. 83; House Exec. Doc., 32 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 20; House Reports, 26 Cong. 2 sess. No. 51 (case of altered Ms.); 28 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 426 (Report of Committee); 29 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 753 (Report of Committee); Senate Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. IV. No. 179 (correspondence); Senate Exec Doc., 31 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 29 (correspondence); 32 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 19; Senate Reports, 31 Cong. 2 sess. No. 301 (Report of Committee); 32 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 158 (Report of Committee); 35 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 36 (Report of Committee).
1840, May 18. Memorial of the Society of Friends, upon the subject of the foreign slave trade. House Doc., 26 Cong. 1 sess. VI. No. 211. (Results of certain investigations.)
1840, Dec. 5. Report of the Secretary of the Navy. House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 405, 450.
1841, Jan. 20. Message from the President ... communicating ... copies of correspondence, imputing malpractices to the American consul at Havana, in regard to granting papers to vessels engaged in the slave-trade. Senate Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. III. No. 125. (Contains much information.)
1841, March 3. Search or Seizure of American Vessels, etc.: Message from the President ... transmitting a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to seizures or search of American vessels on the coast of Africa, etc. House Doc., 26 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 115 (elaborate correspondence). See also Ibid., 27 Cong. 1 sess. No. 34; House Reports, 27 Cong. 3 sess. III. No. 283, pp. 478–755 (correspondence).
1841, Dec. 4. Report of the Secretary of the Navy. House Doc., 27 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 2, pp. 349, 351.
1842, Jan. 20. Message from the President ... communicating ... copies of correspondence in relation to the mutiny on board the brig Creole, and the liberation of the slaves who were passengers in the said vessel. Senate Doc., 27 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 51. See also Ibid., III. No. 137; House Doc., 27 Cong. 3 sess. I. No. 2, p. 114.