December 15, 1870
To the House of Representatives:
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 20th of January last, I herewith transmit a report++ from the Secretary of State, with accompanying documents.
U. S. GRANT.
++Stating that the claim for indemnity in the case of the ship "Canada," wrecked on the coast of Brazil in 1865, had been referred to the British minister as arbiter, and submitting a summary of the case, correspondence connected with it, and a copy of the award of the arbiter.
Ulysses S. Grant, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/204028