December 08, 1870
To the House of Representatives of the United States:
In answer to its resolution of the 1st of July, 1870, I transmit to the House of Representatives a report* from the Secretary of State.
U. S. GRANT.
*Stating that the correspondence relative to the arrest and detention of American fishing vessels in the Straits of Canso by armed vessels flying the British flag had been communicated to Congress with the President's annual message on the 5th instant.
Ulysses S. Grant, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203993