June 04, 1838
To the House of Representatives of the United States:
I transmit herewith to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, relating to the claim of the orphan children of Peter Shackerly,+ in answer to their resolution of the 28th ultimo.
M. VAN BUREN.
(+Killed on board of the United States ship Chesapeake when attacked by the British ship of war Leopard , June 22, 1807.)
Martin van Buren, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/201553