JOHN ADAMS.

[Footnote 23:  See message of January 18, 1799, Vol.  I, p.281.]

JANUARY 30, 1799.

Gentlemen of the Senate: 

I send you, for your consideration, a treaty with the Oneida Nation of Indians, made on the 1st day of June, 1798, at their village.

JOHN ADAMS.

JANUARY 31, 1799.

Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: 

I have received a report from the Director of the Mint on the state of the business committed to his superintendence, and a statement of the coinage of the Mint of the United States for the year 1798, which it is proper to lay before Congress.

JOHN ADAMS.

UNITED STATES, December 13, 1799.

Gentlemen of the Senate: 

In conformity with your recommendation expressed in your resolution of March 6, 1798, I have entered into a friendly negotiation with the Bey and Government of Tunis on the subject[24] of the fourteenth article of the treaty of peace and friendship between the United States and that power.  The result of that negotiation I now lay before the Senate for their consideration.

JOHN ADAMS.

[Footnote 24:  Commerce.]

UNITED STATES, January 8, 1800.

Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: 

A report made to me on the 1st day of this month by the Director of the Mint, through the office of the Secretary of State, with the documents attending it, I transmit to both Houses of Congress for their consideration.

JOHN ADAMS.

UNITED STATES, January 20, 1800.

Gentlemen of the Senate and Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: 

In obedience to law, I transmit to Congress my annual account of the contingent fund.

JOHN ADAMS.

UNITED STATES, February 7, 1800.

Gentlemen of the House of Representatives: 

In consequence of your request to me conveyed in your resolution of the 4th of this month, I directed the Secretary of State to lay before me copies of the papers intended.[25] These copies, together with his report, I now transmit to the House of Representatives, for the consideration of the members.

JOHN ADAMS.

[Footnote 25:  Relating to the surrender by the United States to Great Britain of Thomas Nash, charged with murder and piracy on the British frigate Hermione.]

UNITED STATES, February 17, 1800.

Gentlemen of the Senate: 

I now lay before you the instructions given to our minister at the Court of Berlin, with the correspondence, respecting the negotiation of the treaty with Prussia, according to your request of the 12th of this month.