To the House of Representatives of the United States: 

I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[111] of the
Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 11th instant.

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 111:  Relating to the reception by the French Government of the United States minister to that court.]

JANUARY 19, 1814.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: 

I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[112] of the Secretary of State, complying with their resolution of the 12th instant.

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 112:  Stating that no communication from the French minister prescribing the conditions on which his sovereign would treat of amity and commerce with the United States is on file in the Department of State.]

JANUARY 31, 1814.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: 

I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[113] of the Secretary of War, complying with their resolution of the 31st of December last.

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 113:  Relating to the cause of the failure of the army on the northern frontier.]

FEBRUARY 3, 1814.

To the Senate of the United States: 

I transmit to the Senate of the United States reports[114] of the Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy, complying with their resolution of the 3d ultimo.

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 114:  Transmitting statements of foreign and domestic articles consumed in clothing the Army and Navy of the United States in 1813, and estimates for 1814.]

FEBRUARY 10, 1814.

To the House of Representatives of the United States: 

I transmit to the House of Representatives a report[115] of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, complying with their resolution of the 30th July, 1813.

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 115:  Transmitting accounts of United States ministers, consuls, etc., from commencement of present Government expenses incurred in and payments made under treaty with Algiers, and accounts of all other expenditures in relation to the Barbary Powers, including those occasioned by war with Tripoli and making of peace with that Regency.]

FEBRUARY 14, 1814.

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

At the request of the legislature of Pennsylvania, conveyed through the governor of that State, I transmit to Congress copies of its resolutions of the 18th ultimo.[116]

JAMES MADISON.

[Footnote 116:  Commending the “decisive spirit and firmness which the national authorities have manifested in securing hostages for the safety of those defenders of the Republic who are threatened with the penalties of treason against Great Britain,” and pledging under all circumstances to support the Government in every measure of just retaliation.]