A report to the Senate of the United States by the Chairman of the Committee on Teritories on March 12, 1856, contained many errors and misrepresentations and this open letter denied publically those errors by stating the position and work of the New England Emigrant Aid Company. The text is similar to "To the honorable Senate of the United States" and "To the people of Missouri" by the same group. It was signed by William B. Spooner, J.M.S. Williams, Eli Thayer, S. Cabot, Jr., R.P. Waters, L.B. Russell, C.J. Higginson, and Edward E. Hale.