November 17, 1812
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
I transmit to Congress copies of a letter from the consul-general of the United States to Algiers, stating the circumstances preceding and attending his departure from that Regency.
JAMES MADISON.
James Madison, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/205631