ANDREW JACKSON.

WASHINGTON, December 28, 1836.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: 

In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 23d instant, I herewith transmit a report[22] from the Secretary of State, to whom the resolution was referred, containing all the information upon the subject which he is now able to communicate.

ANDREW JACKSON.

[Footnote 22:  Relating to the bequest of James Smithson.]

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit to the Senate a report[23] of the Secretary of the Navy, complying with their resolution of the 24th of May, 1836.

ANDREW JACKSON.

DECEMBER 29, 1836.

[Footnote 23:  Relating to the survey of the harbors south of the Chesapeake.]

WASHINGTON, December 30, 1836.

To the Senate and House of Representatives: 

I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of War ad interim, with certain accompanying papers[24] from the Engineer Department, required to complete the annual report from that Department.

ANDREW JACKSON.

[Footnote 24:  Reports of the superintendents of the Cumberland road in Indiana and Illinois and of the improvement of the Ohio River above the Falls.]

WASHINGTON, December 30, 1836.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit herewith, for your consideration and action, four treaties with bands of Potawatamie Indians in Indiana, accompanied by a report from the War Department and sundry other papers.

ANDREW JACKSON.

WASHINGTON, December 30, 1836.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit herewith, for your consideration and action, a treaty with the Menomonie tribe of Indians, accompanied by a report from the War Department.  I recommend the modifications proposed in the report.

ANDREW JACKSON.

WASHINGTON, January 7, 1837.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: 

I herewith transmit to Congress a report of the Secretary of State, with the accompanying letter, addressed to him by the commission appointed under the act of Congress of the last session for carrying into effect the convention between the United States and Spain.

ANDREW JACKSON.

WASHINGTON, January 9, 1837.

To the Senate of the United States: