December 19, 1845
To the House of Representatives:
I communicate to the House of Representatives, in reply to their resolution of the 25th of February last, a report from the Secretary of State, together with the correspondence of George W. Slaturn, late consul of the United States at Rio de Janeiro, with the Department of State, relating to the African slave trade.
JAMES K. POLK.
James K. Polk, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/200628