Montgomery, May 13, 1861.
The Congress of the Confederate States of America:
I lay before Congress, for their consideration and action in relation thereto, copies of a convention between the Confederate States and the State of Tennessee, which was concluded and signed by the commissioners of both parties at the city of Nashville on the 7th day of May, A. D. 1861, and of the ratification and confirmation of the same by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee.
JEFF’N DAVIS.