1846, June 6. Message from the President ... communicating ... copies of the correspondence between the government of the United States and that of Great Britain, on the subject of the right of search; with copies of the protest of the American minister at Paris against the quintuple treaty, etc. Senate Doc., 29 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 377. Cf. Ibid., 27 Cong. 3 sess. II. No. 52, and IV. No. 223; House Doc., 27 Cong. 2 sess. V. No. 249.
1846–1847, Dec. Reports of the Secretary of the Navy. House Doc., 29 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 4, p. 377; 30 Cong. 1 sess. II. No. 8, p. 946.
1848, March 3. Message from the President ... communicating a report from the Secretary of State, with the correspondence of Mr. Wise, late United States minister to Brazil, in relation to the slave trade. Senate Exec. Doc., 30 Cong. 1 sess. IV. No. 28. (Full of facts.)
1848, May 12. Report of the Secretary of State, in relation to ... the seizure of the brig Douglass by a British
cruiser. Senate Exec. Doc., 30 Cong. 1 sess. VI. No. 44.
1848, Dec. 4. Report of the Secretary of the Navy. House Exec. Doc., 30 Cong. 2 sess. I. No. 1, pp. 605, 607.
1849, March 2. Correspondence between the Consuls of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, etc., with the Secretary of State, on the subject of the African Slave Trade: Message of the President, etc. House Exec. Doc., 30 Cong. 2 sess. VII. No. 61. (Contains much evidence.)
1849, Dec. 1. Report of the Secretary of the Navy. House Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. III. pt. 1, No. 5, pt. 1, pp. 427–8.
1850, March 18. Report of the Secretary of the Navy, showing the annual number of deaths in the United States squadron on the coast of Africa, and the annual cost of that squadron. Senate Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. X. No. 40.
1850, July 22. African Squadron: Message from the President ... transmitting Information in reference to the African squadron. House Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. IX. No. 73. (Gives total expenses of the squadron, slavers captured, etc.)