December 29, 1840
To the House of Representatives of the United States:
I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives a report++ from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers, in answer to their resolution of the 23d instant.
M. VAN BUREN.
++Transmitting correspondence with Great Britain relative to proceedings on the part of that Government which may have a tendency to interrupt our commerce with China.
Martin van Buren, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/201149