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Special Message

February 13, 1837

To the Senate of the United States.

I herewith transmit to the Senate a report * from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, embracing a copy of the correspondence requested by the resolution of the 7th instant, and such additional documents as were deemed necessary to a correct understanding of the whole subject.

ANDREW JACKSON

* Relating to the seizure of slaves on board the brigs Encomium and Enterprise by the authorities of Bermuda and New Providence.

Andrew Jackson, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/200907

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