March 19, 1844
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit herewith a letter* from the Secretary of State and certain documents accompanying the same, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant.
JOHN TYLER.
*Transmitting the commission appointing Caleb Cushing n representative of the Government of the United States in China; papers, etc., concerning the payment of $40,000, appropriated for sending a commissioner, etc., to China.
John Tyler, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/201078