December 23, 1844
To the Senate of the United States:
I herewith transmit a letter from the Secretary of State, accompanied by copies of the correspondence* asked for by your resolution of the 12th instant.
JOHN TYLER.
* Extracts from the instructions of the Department of State to the United States minister to France relative to the proposed annexation of Texas, etc.
John Tyler, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/201168