SIGNED ON THE 13TH OF NOV. LAST AT LONDON,

PROVIDING FOR THE

PAYMENT OF CITIZENS OF THE U. STATES

FOR

Claims arising under the First Article of the Treaty of Ghent.

JANUARY 16, 1827.

Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

WASHINGTON:

PRINTED BY GALES & SEATON.

To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: WASHINGTON, 16th January, 1827.

I communicate to both Houses of Congress copies of a Convention between the United States and Great Britain, signed on the 13th of November last at London, by the respective Plenipotentiaries of the two Governments, for the final settlement and liquidation of certain claims of indemnity of citizens of the United States which had arisen under the first article of the treaty of Ghent. It having been stipulated by this Convention that the exchange of the ratifications of the same should be made at London, the usual proclamation of it here can only be issued when that event shall have taken place; the notice of which can scarcely be expected before the close of the present session of Congress. But it has been duly ratified on the part of the United States; and, by the report of the Secretary of State, and the accompanying certificate herewith also communicated, it will be seen that the first half of the stipulated payment has been made by the Minister of his Britannic Majesty residing here, and has been deposited in the office of the Bank of the United States at this place, to await the disposal of Congress.

I recommend to their consideration the expediency of such legislative measures as they may deem proper for the distribution of the sum already paid, and of that hereafter to be received, among the claimants who may be found entitled to indemnity.

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.