January 05, 1830
To the House of Representatives:
The subject of the inclosed memorial* having been adjudicated by the courts of the country, and decided against the memorialists, it is respectfully laid before Congress, the only power now to which they can appeal for relief.
ANDREW JACKSON
* Of certain purchasers of land in Louisiana from the Government of Spain.
Andrew Jackson, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/201050