1. The resolution requested that JM forward to the House of Representatives “any information in his possession touching our relations with France” which was “not improper to disclose” and had not been previously submitted to the House. It was introduced by William Gaston of North Carolina, who stated that he wished to have the information in light of a pending bill “to open our ports to the cruisers of France,” and of the recent “astonishing changes” in European military and political affairs (Annals of Congress, description begins Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States … (42 vols.; Washington, 1834–56). description ends 13th Cong., 2d sess., 2014, 2016–17).

2. In the enclosed extract of his 16 Jan. 1814 letter to Monroe (4 pp.; printed in ASP, Foreign Relations, description begins American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States … (38 vols.; Washington, 1832–61). description ends 3:692–93), William Harris Crawford wrote that his negotiations had progressed but that their conclusion would be delayed by the absence from Paris of Napoleon and the French foreign minister.