December 22, 1869
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 8th instant, a report+ from the Secretary of State.
U. S. GRANT.
+ Stating that neither correspondence nor negotiation upon the subject of trade and commerce Between the United States and Canada had been entered into.
Ulysses S. Grant, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203823