25th Congress, Doc. No. 10. Ho. of Reps. 



3d Session. Executive. 



SMITHSONIAN BEQUEST. 



MESSAGE 



fhoji 



THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, 



TUAJfSMITTINC 



Rejjorts from the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury 

 upon the subject of the Smithsonian Bequest, in reply to a resolution 

 of the House of Representatives of the dth of July last. 



December 10, 1S3S. 

 Read, and referred to a Select Committee. ' 



To the House of Representatives of the United States : 

 1 herewith transmit to the House of Representatives reports from the 



Secretary" of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, with accompanyino- 



documents, in answer to the resolution of the House of the 9th of July 



last. 



M. VAN BUREN. 

 Washington, December 7, 1S3S. 



Department op State, 



Washington, December 6, IS 38. 

 The Secretary of State, to whom has been referred a resohition of the 

 House of Representatives of the 9th July last, requesting the President to 

 (. cause to he laid before the House, during the first week of the present 

 ^ session of Congress, " all such communications, papers, documents &c. 

 now in the possession of the Executive, or which can be obtained as 'shall 

 elucidate the origin and objects of the Smithsonian bequest, and the origin 

 progress, and consummation of the process by which that bequest has 

 been recovered, and whatever may be connected with the subject " has 

 the honor to lay before the President copies of all the papers relatin'o- toVt 

 now on the files of this Department, and not before communicated. ^ 

 Respectfully submitted. 



JOHN FORSYTH. 

 To the President of the United States. 



