From James Madison to the House of Representatives, 12 January 1810 (Abstract)
§ To the House of Representatives
12 January 1810. Transmits a report from the secretary of state in response to the House’s resolution of 6 Dec. 1809.
RC and enclosures (DNA: RG 233, President’s Messages). RC 1 p. In a clerk’s hand, signed by JM. Enclosures are Robert Smith’s 12 Jan. report (3 pp.) enclosing papers concerning Danish restrictions on Baltic shipping (35 pp.). Printed in Foreign Relations, 3:328–38. On 6 Dec. the House had requested information “respecting seizures, captures, and condemnations of ships and merchandise of the citizens of the United States, under the authority of the Government of Denmark and its dependencies.” Received and ordered to be printed on 12 Jan. ( , 11th Cong., 2d sess., 699–700, 1200–1201).
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