TH:  JEFFERSON.

[Footnote 32:  By Great Britain and France.]

FEBRUARY 23, 1805.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: 

In further compliance with the desire of the House of Representatives, expressed in their resolution of December 31, I now transmit the report and map of Isaac Briggs referred to in my message of the 1st instant,[33] and received by the last post from New Orleans.

TH:  JEFFERSON.

[Footnote 33:  See Vol.  I, pp. 376-377.]

DECEMBER 6, 1805.

The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.

SIR:  In order to give to Congress the details necessary for their full information of the state of things between Spain and the United States, I send them the communication and documents now inclosed.  Although stated to be confidential, that term is not meant to be extended to all the documents, the greater part of which are proper for the public eye.  It is applied only to the message itself and to the letters from our own and foreign ministers, which if disclosed might throw additional difficulties in the way of accommodation.  These alone, therefore, are delivered to the Legislature in confidence that they will be kept secret.

TH:  JEFFERSON.

[The same message was addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives.]

DECEMBER 10, 1805.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: 

The inclosed documents,[34] relating to my message of the 6th instant, not being ready at that date, I thought it better not to detain the message, but to communicate these papers afterwards, as supplementary to those then sent.  They are not of a nature to be deemed confidential.

TH:  JEFFERSON.

[Footnote 34:  Relating to depredations on American commerce by Spanish privateers, etc.]

DECEMBER 27, 1805.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: 

I lay before Congress a report of the Surveyor of the Public Buildings, stating the progress made on them during the last season and what may be expected to be accomplished in the ensuing one.

TH:  JEFFERSON.

JANUARY 15, 1806.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: 

I communicate, for the information of Congress, the report of the Director of the Mint of the operations of that institution during the last year.

TH:  JEFFERSON

JANUARY 24, 1806.

To the Senate of the United States: 

According to the request of your resolution of yesterday, I again communicate the letter of the minister plenipotentiary of the United States at London to the secretary of that Government for foreign affairs dated October 18, 1805, with a postscript of October 25, but still in confidence that the matter of it shall not be made public.