M. VAN BUREN.
[The same message was addressed to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.]
WASHINGTON CITY, _December 23, 1839_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I herewith communicate to Congress copies of a letter from the governor
of Iowa to the Secretary of State and of the documents transmitted with
it, on the subject of a dispute respecting the boundary line between
that Territory and the State of Missouri. The disagreement as to the
extent of their respective jurisdictions has produced a state of
such great excitement that I think it necessary to invite your early
attention to the report of the commissioner appointed to run the line
in question under the act of the 18th of June, 1838, which was sent
to both Houses of Congress by the Secretary of State on the 30th of
January last.
M. VAN BUREN.
DECEMBER 24, 1839.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States_:
I transmit herewith to Congress a report from the Secretary of State,
on the subject of the law providing for taking the Sixth Census of the
United States, to which I invite your early attention.
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