CORRESPONDENCE WHICH LED TO THE TREATY OF 



Ghent: 



Extract from the Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, 



JANUARY 16, 1822. 



Mr. Floyd submitted the following resolution, viz : 



Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to 

 be laid before this House, all the correspondence which led to the Treaty of 

 Ghent, which has not yet been made public, and which, in his opinion, it may 

 not be improper to disclose. 



The said resolution was read and ordered to lie on the table one day. 



JANUARY 17, 1822, 

 On motion of Mr. Floyd, 



The House proceeded to consider the resolution submitted by him yesterday^ 

 and the same being again read, and modified to read as follows ; 



Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to cause to 

 be laid before this House, all the correspondefice which led to the Treaty of 

 Ghent, together with the Protocol, which has not yet been made public. 



Mr. Lowndes moved to amend the same, by subjoining the following, viz : 

 **And which, in his opinion, it may not be improper to disclose.'' 



And the question being taken thereon, it passed in the affirmative. 



The said resolution, modified and amended as aforesaid, was then agreed to 

 by the House; and Mi. Floyd aiid Mr. Walworth were appointed a coniniittee 

 to present the same to the President of the United States. 



To the House of Representatives of the United States: 



I transmit to the House of Representatives, a Report from the 

 Secretary of State, with the Documents accompanying it, in pur- 

 suance of a resolution of the House of the 17th of January last. 



JAMES MONROE. 



Washington, 21st February, 1822. 



Department of State, 



Washington, 21st Feb. 1822. 



The Secretary of State, to whom has been referred the resolu- 

 tion of the House of Representatives of the 17th January, request^' 

 ing the President of the United States to cauge to be laid before the 

 House all the correspondence which led to the Treaty of Ghent, 

 together with the Protocol, which has not been made public, and 

 which, in his opinion, it may not be improper to disclose, has the 

 honour to submit to the President the papers embraced by that 

 resolution. , 



JOHN qUINCY ADAMS. 

 The President of the United States. 

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