March 18, 1794
Gentlemen of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
The minister plenipotentiary of the French Republic having requested an advance of money, I transmit to Congress certain documents relative to that subject.
GO. WASHINGTON.
George Washington, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/205015