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That northern territory is of no importance to us, and belongs to 

 the United States, and not to Massachusetts, which has not the sha- 

 c^ow of a claim to any land north of 45 degrees, to the eastward of 

 the Penobscot river, as you may easily convince yourself of, by re- 

 curring to her charters. 



I have the honour to be, with respect, &c. 



ALBERT GALLATIN. 



Tlie Hon. the Secretary of State 



of the United States, Washington. 



Extract from the Journal of the Hoibse of Representatives of the United States 



APRIL 18, 1822. 



Mr. Floyd submitted the following resolution, viz : 



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

 be communicated to this House, if not injurious to the public good, any letter 

 or communication which may have been received from Jonathan Russell, Es- 

 quire, one of the Ministers of the United States who concluded the Treaty of 

 Ghent, after the signature of that Treaty, and which was written in conform- 

 ity to the indications contained in said Minister's letter, dated at Ghent, 25th 

 December, lbl4. 



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



APRIL 19, 1822. 

 The resolution submitted by Mr. Fioyd, on yesterday, was taken up, read, 

 and agreed to by the House. 



MESSAGE from the President of the United States, to the House 

 of Representatives, of 4th May, 1822, in answer to their Resolu- 

 tion of 19th April, 1822. 



To the House of Representatives of the United States: 



In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, 

 of the 19th of April, requesting the President "to cause to be 

 communicated to the House, if not injurious to the public interest, 

 any letter which may have been received from Jonathan Russell, 

 one of the Ministers who concluded the treaty of Ghent, in conform- 

 ity with the indications contained in his letter of 25th of December, 

 1814," I have to state, that, having referred the resolution to the 

 Secretary of State, and it appearing, by a report from him, that no 

 such document had been deposited among the archives of the De- 

 partment, I examined and found among my private papers a letter 

 of that description, marked '* private" by himself. 1 transmit a 

 copy of the report of the Secretary of State, by which it appears 

 that Mr. Russell, on being apprized that the document referred to 

 by the resolution had not been deposited in the Department of State. 



