December 09, 1872
To the Senate of the United States:
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, I transmit herewith a report* from the Secretary of State.
U. S. GRANT
*Stating that the correspondence relative to the existence of slavery on the coast of Africa and to the action taken by Great Britain and other countries for its suppression was transmitted with the annual message of the President on the 2d instant.
Ulysses S. Grant, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203482