United States, President (1865-1869 : Johnson)

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Additional list of pardons. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of December 10, 1866, a report of the Attorney General, containing an additional list of names of persons engaged in the late rebellion who have been pardoned. July 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Alabama claims. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 7th instant, transmitting correspondence with American minister at London concerning the so-called Alabama claims. December 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Alabama. Message from the President of the United States, communicating an application from Alabama to resume the direct tax assigned to that state. April 4, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Alaska. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the transfer of territory from Russia to the United States. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Albert M.D.C. Lusk. Message from the President of the United States, relating to the trial of Albert M.D.C. Lusk by a military commission. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Amendment to the Constitution. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, relative to the states ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as the 14th Article. January 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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American citizens in Paraguay. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the arrest of American citizens in Paraguay. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Annual report of the Postmaster General., (electronic resource)

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Antonio Pelletier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information relative to the imprisonment and destruction of the property of Antonio Pelletier by the people and authorities of Hayti. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Appointments to office. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 6 last, transmitting a statement from the heads of departments giving the names of all persons appointed to office, &c. February 1, 1867. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Civil Service of the United States and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Appropriations for New Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to certain appropriations for the Territory of New Mexico. February 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Appropriations for State Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State relative to an appropriation for copying clerks in his Department. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Army appropriation. Message from the President of the United States, on transmitting notice of signing the Army appropriation bill. March 4, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Arrest of American citizens in Ireland. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th instant, with regard to the arrest of American citizens in Ireland. June 25, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Assassination of President Lincoln. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of George H. Sharpe relative to the assassination of President Lincoln. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th instant, relative to the Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad Company. December 17, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Austrian forces for Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, relative to the despatch of Austrian troops for Mexico. June 18, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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British vessel Magicienne. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of the Secretary of State and papers relative to claim on the government by the owners of the British vessel Magicienne. April 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Bureau of Freedmen and Refugees. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House Bill No. 613, with his objections thereto. July 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Captured and forfeited cotton. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 28th May last, requesting information relative to captured and forfeited cotton. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Claims against Venezuela. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 10th May, relative to claims of citizens of the United States against the republic of Venezuela. June 11, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Claims of Iowa. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 25th instant, respecting the execution of an act providing for the appointment of a commission relative to claims of the State of Iowa. February 1, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Clerks in departments. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant, transmitting statement of the clerks employed in the Treasury Department. May 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Clerks in departments. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Secretary of the Interior, the Navy, and Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant, relative to the clerks employed in the several departments. May 19, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Clerks of departments. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant, transmitting a statement from the State Department relative to the clerks employed in that Department. May 15, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Clerks of the federal courts. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 16th instant, relative to the clerks of the federal courts and the marshal of the District of North Carolina. January 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897. Published by authority of Congress by James D. Richardson, a representative from the State of Tennessee. Volume VI., (electronic resource)

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Constitutional amendment. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in answer to a resolution of the House of the 5th July, 1867, a report of the Secretary of State, containing a list of the States that have ratified the constitutional amendment proposed by Congress June 16, 1866. July 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Consul at Cadiz. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, relative to the importation of wines from Cadiz, Spain, &c. February 23, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Consul at Panama. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 24th instant, in regard to the absence of the consul at Panama from his post. July 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Contingent expenses of foreign intercourse. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 20th last, relative to unexpended moneys appropriated by law for contingent expenses of foreign countries. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Convention with Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the convention between the United States and the Mexican Republic. March 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Correspondence with ministers to Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of July 3, 1867, the official correspondence between the Department of State and Hon. Lewis D. Campbell, late minister to Mexico, and also that with his successor. July 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Costello and Warren. Message from the President of the United States, relative to Messrs. Costello and Warren, naturalized citizens of the United States, imprisoned in Great Britain. February 2, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed, with leave to report at any time., (electronic resource)

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Diplomatic and consular system of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report on the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States. July 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Direct tax in insurgent states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the 21st of May, relative to direct tax collected in the insurgent states. June 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Discrimination against American commerce. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 3d instant, relative to a discrimination against American commerce by the so-called Maximilian government. May 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Distribution of rewards for arrest of assassins of President Lincoln. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House, transmitting a report in regard to the distribution of rewards offered for the arrest of the assassins of the late President Lincoln. March 6, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Dominican Republic. Message from the President of the United States, recommending an appropriation for pay of an agent to the Dominican Republic. February 2, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Emperor of Russia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence, upon the presentation of resolutions of Congress, in reference to the attempted assassination of the Emperor of Russia. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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European troops in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives in regard to the employment of foreign troops in Mexico. June 22, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Evacuation of Mexico by the French. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the 16th instant, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State on that subject. April 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Expenditures for Indian service. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to appropriations and expenditures connected with the Indian service. June 25, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Expenses under Act for More Efficient Government of the Rebel States. Message of the President of the United States. March 30, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Famine in Sweden and Norway. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 28, 1868, relative to the famine in Sweden and Norway. February 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Fishery and water culture. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting additional information relative to fishery and water culture in France. May 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Fishing grounds near British provinces. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in regard to the rights and interests of American citizens in the fishing grounds adjacent to the British provinces. April 13, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Florida. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting papers relating to proceedings in the State of Florida. May 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Fraser, Trenholm & Co. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th instant, in relation to the attempted compromise of certain suits instituted in the English courts against Fraser, Trenholm & Co., alleged agents of the so-called Confederate government. January 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Freedmen's Bureau. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. December 19, 1865. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Freedmen, except estimates, which are referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Freedmen. Letter from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War in reference to the operations of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. May 31, 1866. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Freedmen. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 27th ultimo, relative to the provisions in the constitutions of several southern states relative to the freedmen. May 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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General W.S. Hancock. Message from the President of the United States, recommending some recognition of the services of General Hancock, as commander of the Fifth Military District. December 18, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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George St. Leger Grenfel. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 19th December, transmitting papers relative to the case of George St. Leger Grenfel. January 21, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Gold medal presented to Cyrus W. Field. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the gold medal presented to Cyrus W. Field. February 18, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Gold medal to George Peabody. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the gold medal presented to Mr. George Peabody. January 27, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Great and Little Osage Indians. Message from the President of the United States, in reference to a treaty now being negotiated with the Great and Little Osage Indians. June 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, to investigate, with authority to send for persons and papers, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Hayti. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 26th instant, a communication from the Secretary of the Navy relative to a naval force at Hayti. May 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Honors to rebels. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to the resolution of the House of the 4th instant, as to whether any of the civil or military employes [sic] of the government have assisted in the rendition of public honors to the rebel living or dead. June 28, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Hot springs reserve in Arkansas. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 22d January last, relative to the hot springs reserve in Arkansas. February 8, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Imperial Mexican Express Company. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th January, relative to the Imperial Mexican Express Company in New York. February 2, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Imprisonment of Warren and Costello. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 15th instant, relative to the imprisonment of Messrs. Warren and Costello in Great Britain. June 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Interpretation of the reconstruction acts. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th July, 1867, the proceedings in cabinet relative to an interpretation of the acts of congress known as the reconstruction acts. July 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Investigations at New Orleans. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 23d April, asking for report of the investigation by General Smith and Hon. James T. Brady at New Orleans. May 3, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Island of San Juan. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 19th instant, relative to the Island of San Juan, in Washington Territory. January 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Jefferson Davis and others. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th ultimo relative to the imprisonment of Jefferson Davis and others. February 9, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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John H. Surratt. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State relating to the discovery and arrest of John H. Surratt. December 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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John H. Surratt. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting further copies of papers in answer to resolution of the House of 3d ultimo, relative to the arrest of John H. Surratt. January 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Kidnapping in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 8th instant, in regard to the kidnapping of the child of an American lady in Mexico. January 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Lands for Sioux Indians. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 21st ultimo, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Interior relative to lands for Sioux Indians. June 11, 1866. --Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Laws of late insurgent states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th instant, relative to the laws and ordinances of the late insurgent states. June 18, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Legal services paid by State Department and duties of examiner of claims. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th ultimo, relative to amounts paid by the State Department since 1860 for legal services and the duties of the examiner of claims. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Mail steamship service to Brazil. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 14th instant, relative to proposed mail steamship service to Brazil. May 28, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Maps of boundary survey under the treaty of Washington. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 28th May, requesting information as to the progress made in completing the maps connected with the boundary survey under the treaty of Washington. June 18, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Maximilian and Santa Ana. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 8th July, 1867, relative to the capture and execution of Maximilian and the reported arrest and execution of Santa Ana, in Mexico. July 19, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Mercantile marine and commercial policy of Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th ultimo, relative to the mercantile marine and commercial policy of Great Britain. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 22d instant, proposals of the International Steamship Company for constructing and placing iron steamships in transatlantic service. June 25, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, announcing the death of Winfield Scott, late lieutenant general in the Army of the United States. May 30, 1866. -- Read and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Venezuela for the adjustment of claims of citizens of the United States on the government of that republic. July 16, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a treaty between the United States and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and recommending an appropriation for the payment for the territory ceded to the United States, and legislation for the occupation and government of the same. July 16, 1867. -- Read; ordered that so much of the message as recommends an appropriation for payment for said territory be referred to the Committee on Appropriations; and that so much as relates to the occupation and government of the territory be referred to the Committee on Territories., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating a translation of a letter of the 17th of August last from his Majesty Alexander, Emperor of Russia, in reply to the joint resolution of Congress approved on the 16th of May, 1866, relative to the attempted assassination of the Emperor. December 17, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating correspondence relative to a proposed international conference at Constantinople upon the subject of cholera. February 14, 1866. -- Read and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 21st instant, correspondence between the Department of State and Mr. Motley, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Vienna, relating to his reported resignation. January 29, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating to the Senate a report of the Secretary of State, showing the proceedings under concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress of the 13th instant, requesting the President to submit to the legislatures of the states an additional article to the Constitution of the United States. June 22, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 19th of January, 1869, information in relation to the resources and extent of the fishing-grounds of the North Pacific Ocean, opened to the United States by the treaty of Alaska. February 18, 1869. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. February 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of July 27, 1866, information relative to the practicability of establishing equal reciprocal relations between the United States and the British North American provinces, and the actual condition of the question of the fisheries. February 19, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 20, 1867, correspondence relating to the exequatur of the consul of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg residing at New York. April 2, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, information in regard to a negotiation for the transit of United States troops, in 1861, through Mexican territory. January 30, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, information in regard to the departure of troops from Austria for Mexico. June 18, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant, a copy of the proceedings of a board of officers in relation to brevet appointments in the regular Army. April 24, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th ultimo, information touching the transactions of the Executive branch of the government respecting the transportation, settlement, and colonization of persons of the African race. June 18, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th of February last, a communication from the Secretary of War, together with the reports of the assistant commissioners of the Freedmen's Bureau made since December 1, 1865. March 6, 1866. -- Read, referred to the joint committee to inquire into the condition of the states which formed the so-called confederate states, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, information in relation to orders, instructions, circular letters, or letters of advice issued to the respective military officers assigned to the command of the several military districts under the act passed March 2, 1867, entitled "An Act To Provide for the More Efficient Government of the Rebel States," and the act supplementary thereto, passed March 28, 1867, and the opinions given by the Attorney General touching the construction and interpretation of said acts. July 15, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, correspondence relating to recent events in Mexico. July 19, 1867. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations; ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information in relation to correspondence between the Department of State and the Hon. Lewis D. Campbell, late minister of the United States to Mexico. July 16, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the United States of the 30th ultimo, a copy of a communication dated December 22, 1865, addressed to the headquarters of the Army by Major General Sherman, commanding the military division of the Mississippi. February 2, 1866. -- Read, and referred to the joint committee to inquire into the condition of the states which formed the so-called Confederate States., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with resolutions of the Senate of the 5th January and 27th of February last, information in regard to provisional governors of states. March 6, 1866. -- Read, referred to the joint committee to inquire into the condition of the states which formed the so-called Confederate States, and ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of 6th instant, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State concerning the International Monetary Conference held at Paris in June, 1867. December 19, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and, with accompanying papers, ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Message from the President of the United States, relative to the execution of the treaty with China for the settlement of claims. February 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. January 7, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed., (electronic resource)

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Additional list of pardons. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of December 10, 1866, a report of the Attorney General, containing an additional list of names of persons engaged in the late rebellion who have been pardoned. July 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Alabama claims. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 7th instant, transmitting correspondence with American minister at London concerning the so-called Alabama claims. December 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Alabama. Message from the President of the United States, communicating an application from Alabama to resume the direct tax assigned to that state. April 4, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Alaska. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the transfer of territory from Russia to the United States. January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Albert M.D.C. Lusk. Message from the President of the United States, relating to the trial of Albert M.D.C. Lusk by a military commission. December 16, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Amendment to the Constitution. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, relative to the states ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States known as the 14th Article. January 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
American citizens in Paraguay. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the arrest of American citizens in Paraguay. February 4, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Annual report of the Postmaster General.
Antonio Pelletier. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information relative to the imprisonment and destruction of the property of Antonio Pelletier by the people and authorities of Hayti. April 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Appointments to office. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 6 last, transmitting a statement from the heads of departments giving the names of all persons appointed to office, &c. February 1, 1867. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Civil Service of the United States and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for New Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to certain appropriations for the Territory of New Mexico. February 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Appropriations for State Department. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State relative to an appropriation for copying clerks in his Department. February 3, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Army appropriation. Message from the President of the United States, on transmitting notice of signing the Army appropriation bill. March 4, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Arrest of American citizens in Ireland. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th instant, with regard to the arrest of American citizens in Ireland. June 25, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Assassination of President Lincoln. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of George H. Sharpe relative to the assassination of President Lincoln. December 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th instant, relative to the Atchison and Pike's Peak Railroad Company. December 17, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Austrian forces for Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 11th instant, relative to the despatch of Austrian troops for Mexico. June 18, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
British vessel Magicienne. Message from the President of the United States transmitting report of the Secretary of State and papers relative to claim on the government by the owners of the British vessel Magicienne. April 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Bureau of Freedmen and Refugees. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House Bill No. 613, with his objections thereto. July 16, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed.
Captured and forfeited cotton. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 28th May last, requesting information relative to captured and forfeited cotton. February 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Claims against Venezuela. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 10th May, relative to claims of citizens of the United States against the republic of Venezuela. June 11, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Claims of Iowa. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 25th instant, respecting the execution of an act providing for the appointment of a commission relative to claims of the State of Iowa. February 1, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Clerks in departments. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant, transmitting statement of the clerks employed in the Treasury Department. May 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Civil Service and ordered to be printed.
Clerks in departments. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting reports from the Secretary of the Interior, the Navy, and Postmaster General, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant, relative to the clerks employed in the several departments. May 19, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Clerks of departments. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 7th instant, transmitting a statement from the State Department relative to the clerks employed in that Department. May 15, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Clerks of the federal courts. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 16th instant, relative to the clerks of the federal courts and the marshal of the District of North Carolina. January 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897. Published by authority of Congress by James D. Richardson, a representative from the State of Tennessee. Volume VI.
Constitutional amendment. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting in answer to a resolution of the House of the 5th July, 1867, a report of the Secretary of State, containing a list of the States that have ratified the constitutional amendment proposed by Congress June 16, 1866. July 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Consul at Cadiz. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th instant, relative to the importation of wines from Cadiz, Spain, &c. February 23, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Consul at Panama. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 24th instant, in regard to the absence of the consul at Panama from his post. July 27, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Contingent expenses of foreign intercourse. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 20th last, relative to unexpended moneys appropriated by law for contingent expenses of foreign countries. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Convention with Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the convention between the United States and the Mexican Republic. March 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Correspondence with ministers to Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of July 3, 1867, the official correspondence between the Department of State and Hon. Lewis D. Campbell, late minister to Mexico, and also that with his successor. July 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Costello and Warren. Message from the President of the United States, relative to Messrs. Costello and Warren, naturalized citizens of the United States, imprisoned in Great Britain. February 2, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed, with leave to report at any time.
Diplomatic and consular system of the United States. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report on the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States. July 15, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Direct tax in insurgent states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the 21st of May, relative to direct tax collected in the insurgent states. June 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Discrimination against American commerce. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 3d instant, relative to a discrimination against American commerce by the so-called Maximilian government. May 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Distribution of rewards for arrest of assassins of President Lincoln. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House, transmitting a report in regard to the distribution of rewards offered for the arrest of the assassins of the late President Lincoln. March 6, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Dominican Republic. Message from the President of the United States, recommending an appropriation for pay of an agent to the Dominican Republic. February 2, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Emperor of Russia. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence, upon the presentation of resolutions of Congress, in reference to the attempted assassination of the Emperor of Russia. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
European troops in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the Senate and House of Representatives in regard to the employment of foreign troops in Mexico. June 22, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Evacuation of Mexico by the French. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the 16th instant, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State on that subject. April 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Expenditures for Indian service. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to appropriations and expenditures connected with the Indian service. June 25, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Expenses under Act for More Efficient Government of the Rebel States. Message of the President of the United States. March 30, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Famine in Sweden and Norway. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 28, 1868, relative to the famine in Sweden and Norway. February 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Fishery and water culture. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting additional information relative to fishery and water culture in France. May 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Fishing grounds near British provinces. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting information in regard to the rights and interests of American citizens in the fishing grounds adjacent to the British provinces. April 13, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Florida. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting papers relating to proceedings in the State of Florida. May 29, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Fraser, Trenholm & Co. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 7th instant, in relation to the attempted compromise of certain suits instituted in the English courts against Fraser, Trenholm & Co., alleged agents of the so-called Confederate government. January 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Freedmen's Bureau. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. December 19, 1865. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Freedmen, except estimates, which are referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed.
Freedmen. Letter from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of War in reference to the operations of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands. May 31, 1866. -- Referred to the Select Committee on Freedmen's Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Freedmen. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 27th ultimo, relative to the provisions in the constitutions of several southern states relative to the freedmen. May 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
General W.S. Hancock. Message from the President of the United States, recommending some recognition of the services of General Hancock, as commander of the Fifth Military District. December 18, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
George St. Leger Grenfel. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 19th December, transmitting papers relative to the case of George St. Leger Grenfel. January 21, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Gold medal presented to Cyrus W. Field. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the gold medal presented to Cyrus W. Field. February 18, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Gold medal to George Peabody. Message from the President of the United States, in relation to the gold medal presented to Mr. George Peabody. January 27, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Great and Little Osage Indians. Message from the President of the United States, in reference to a treaty now being negotiated with the Great and Little Osage Indians. June 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, to investigate, with authority to send for persons and papers, and ordered to be printed.
Hayti. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 26th instant, a communication from the Secretary of the Navy relative to a naval force at Hayti. May 30, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Honors to rebels. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to the resolution of the House of the 4th instant, as to whether any of the civil or military employes [sic] of the government have assisted in the rendition of public honors to the rebel living or dead. June 28, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Hot springs reserve in Arkansas. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 22d January last, relative to the hot springs reserve in Arkansas. February 8, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Imperial Mexican Express Company. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 10th January, relative to the Imperial Mexican Express Company in New York. February 2, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Imprisonment of Warren and Costello. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 15th instant, relative to the imprisonment of Messrs. Warren and Costello in Great Britain. June 24, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Interpretation of the reconstruction acts. Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th July, 1867, the proceedings in cabinet relative to an interpretation of the acts of congress known as the reconstruction acts. July 20, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Investigations at New Orleans. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 23d April, asking for report of the investigation by General Smith and Hon. James T. Brady at New Orleans. May 3, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Island of San Juan. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 19th instant, relative to the Island of San Juan, in Washington Territory. January 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Jefferson Davis and others. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 10th ultimo relative to the imprisonment of Jefferson Davis and others. February 9, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
John H. Surratt. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report of the Secretary of State relating to the discovery and arrest of John H. Surratt. December 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
John H. Surratt. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting further copies of papers in answer to resolution of the House of 3d ultimo, relative to the arrest of John H. Surratt. January 7, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Kidnapping in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 8th instant, in regard to the kidnapping of the child of an American lady in Mexico. January 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Lands for Sioux Indians. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 21st ultimo, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Interior relative to lands for Sioux Indians. June 11, 1866. --Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Laws of late insurgent states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th instant, relative to the laws and ordinances of the late insurgent states. June 18, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Legal services paid by State Department and duties of examiner of claims. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th ultimo, relative to amounts paid by the State Department since 1860 for legal services and the duties of the examiner of claims. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Retrenchment and ordered to be printed.
Mail steamship service to Brazil. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 14th instant, relative to proposed mail steamship service to Brazil. May 28, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and ordered to be printed.
Maps of boundary survey under the treaty of Washington. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 28th May, requesting information as to the progress made in completing the maps connected with the boundary survey under the treaty of Washington. June 18, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Maximilian and Santa Ana. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 8th July, 1867, relative to the capture and execution of Maximilian and the reported arrest and execution of Santa Ana, in Mexico. July 19, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Mercantile marine and commercial policy of Great Britain. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 14th ultimo, relative to the mercantile marine and commercial policy of Great Britain. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 22d instant, proposals of the International Steamship Company for constructing and placing iron steamships in transatlantic service. June 25, 1870. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, announcing the death of Winfield Scott, late lieutenant general in the Army of the United States. May 30, 1866. -- Read and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Venezuela for the adjustment of claims of citizens of the United States on the government of that republic. July 16, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a treaty between the United States and his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, and recommending an appropriation for the payment for the territory ceded to the United States, and legislation for the occupation and government of the same. July 16, 1867. -- Read; ordered that so much of the message as recommends an appropriation for payment for said territory be referred to the Committee on Appropriations; and that so much as relates to the occupation and government of the territory be referred to the Committee on Territories.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating a translation of a letter of the 17th of August last from his Majesty Alexander, Emperor of Russia, in reply to the joint resolution of Congress approved on the 16th of May, 1866, relative to the attempted assassination of the Emperor. December 17, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating correspondence relative to a proposed international conference at Constantinople upon the subject of cholera. February 14, 1866. -- Read and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating correspondence relative to a proposed international conference at Constantinople upon the subject of cholera. February 14, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 21st instant, correspondence between the Department of State and Mr. Motley, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Vienna, relating to his reported resignation. January 29, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating to the Senate a report of the Secretary of State, showing the proceedings under concurrent resolution of the two Houses of Congress of the 13th instant, requesting the President to submit to the legislatures of the states an additional article to the Constitution of the United States. June 22, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 19th of January, 1869, information in relation to the resources and extent of the fishing-grounds of the North Pacific Ocean, opened to the United States by the treaty of Alaska. February 18, 1869. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table. February 16, 1872. -- Ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of July 27, 1866, information relative to the practicability of establishing equal reciprocal relations between the United States and the British North American provinces, and the actual condition of the question of the fisheries. February 19, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 20, 1867, correspondence relating to the exequatur of the consul of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg residing at New York. April 2, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, information in regard to a negotiation for the transit of United States troops, in 1861, through Mexican territory. January 30, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, information in regard to the departure of troops from Austria for Mexico. June 18, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 18th instant, a copy of the proceedings of a board of officers in relation to brevet appointments in the regular Army. April 24, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th ultimo, information touching the transactions of the Executive branch of the government respecting the transportation, settlement, and colonization of persons of the African race. June 18, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th of February last, a communication from the Secretary of War, together with the reports of the assistant commissioners of the Freedmen's Bureau made since December 1, 1865. March 6, 1866. -- Read, referred to the joint committee to inquire into the condition of the states which formed the so-called confederate states, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, information in relation to orders, instructions, circular letters, or letters of advice issued to the respective military officers assigned to the command of the several military districts under the act passed March 2, 1867, entitled "An Act To Provide for the More Efficient Government of the Rebel States," and the act supplementary thereto, passed March 28, 1867, and the opinions given by the Attorney General touching the construction and interpretation of said acts. July 15, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, correspondence relating to recent events in Mexico. July 19, 1867. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations; ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information in relation to correspondence between the Department of State and the Hon. Lewis D. Campbell, late minister of the United States to Mexico. July 16, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the United States of the 30th ultimo, a copy of a communication dated December 22, 1865, addressed to the headquarters of the Army by Major General Sherman, commanding the military division of the Mississippi. February 2, 1866. -- Read, and referred to the joint committee to inquire into the condition of the states which formed the so-called Confederate States.
Message from the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with resolutions of the Senate of the 5th January and 27th of February last, information in regard to provisional governors of states. March 6, 1866. -- Read, referred to the joint committee to inquire into the condition of the states which formed the so-called Confederate States, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of 6th instant, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State concerning the International Monetary Conference held at Paris in June, 1867. December 19, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance, and, with accompanying papers, ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, relative to the execution of the treaty with China for the settlement of claims. February 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. January 7, 1869. -- Ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, returning Bill (S. No. 61) "to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the means of their vindication," with his objections thereto. March 27, 1866. -- Read and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, returning the Bill (S. 203) entitled "An Act to Enable the New York and Montana Iron Mining and Manufacturing Company to Purchase a Certain Amount of the Public Lands Not Now in Market," with his objections thereto. June 15, 1866. -- Read and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, returning the Bill (S. 462) "To Admit the State of Colorado into the Union," with his objections thereto. January 29, 1867. -- Read and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State in answer to resolution of the 13th instant, calling for information relative to the appointment of the American minister at Pekin to a mission in behalf of the Chinese government. January 14, 1868. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to resolution of the 16th ultimo, relative to the amount of United States bonds issued to the Union Pacific Railroad Company's branches. January 9, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad, and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the United States, transmitting communications from the minister of the United States at Paris, in regard to a proposed exhibition of fishery and water culture to be held at Arcachon, near Bordeaux, in France, in July next. March 14, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message from the President of the Untied States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 16th ultimo, correspondence in relation to the holding of civil courts in the insurrectionary states for the trial of crimes against the United States. February 2, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two House of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Fortieth Congress. Part I.
Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Fortieth Congress.
Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Fortieth Congress.
Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Fortieth Congress.
Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Fortieth Congress. Part II.
Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Fortieth Congress.
Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Fortieth Congress.
Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Fortieth Congress.
Message of the President of the United States and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Fortieth Congress.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1868, information in reference to the payment of rent for the use of the building known as Libby Prison, in Richmond, Virginia. January 20, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a copy of proclamation granting pardon and amnesty to all persons engaged in the late rebellion. January 19, 1869.--Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the third session of the Fortieth Congress. Part I.
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress.
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress.
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. Part I.
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. Part II.
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. Part III.
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Fortieth Congress.
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress.
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress.
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress.
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. Part I.
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. Part II.
Message of the President of the United States, and accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-ninth Congress. Part III.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a copy of a report and maps prepared by a board of examiners appointed to examine a site for a fresh-water basin for iron-clad vessels of the United States Navy. June 28, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a copy of the correspondence between the Secretary of State and Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New York, relative to the joint resolution of the 28th of January, 1864, upon the subject of the gift of the steamer Vanderbilt to the United States. May 21, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a decree of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, ordering the payment of certain sums to the defendants in a suit against the English schooner Sybil, libelled as prize of war, and recommending an appropriation for the payment of the same. December 14, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by a despatch from the acting United States consul in charge of the United States legation in Costa Rica, in relation to a new port at Tivives, in the Gulf of Nicoya, on the Pacific Coast. June 2, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report from the Secretary of State, in relation to recent events in the empire of Japan. May 25, 1868. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. June 16, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating a report of the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, in relation to the absence of Governor Alexander Cumming from the Territory of Colorado since his appointment as governor. April 17, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating correspondence between the Secretary of State and the minister resident of the United States in Japan, showing the importance of an amendment to the law of the United States prohibiting the coolie trade. July 20, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating correspondence in relation to the use of passports by citizens of the United States in France. February 20, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating correspondence relative to an alleged practice of the Danish authorities to banish convicts to this country. July 3, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th of March, information in regard to the seizure and detention at New York of the steamship "Meteor." April 13, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating information concerning the naturalization treaty recently negotiated between the United States and North Germany. April 27, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating the only paper that has been submitted to him relating to the proceedings to which it refers in the State of Georgia. May 21, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 13th instant, a copy of a despatch of the 4th instant, addressed to the Secretary of State by the United States Minister at Paris, in regard to the employment of European troops in Mexico. June 22, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 17th ultimo, information concerning the exercise or claim by consuls of the United States in Japan of judicial powers in cases arising between American citizens and citizens of any foreign nation other than Japan. January 12, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 21st ultimo, information in relation to establishment of the Robert College at Constantinople. February 13, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the 28th ultimo, correspondence with the authorities of Great Britain in relation to a new postal treaty. June 8, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 11, 1865, information respecting the occupation by French troops of the Republic of Mexico and the establishment of a monarchy there. January 10, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 12, 1866, information in relation to the appointment of persons to office since the adjournment of the last session of Congress, without the submission of the name of such person to the Senate for its confirmation. February 2, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 17, 1867, information in reference to the seizure and confiscation of property under the act of July 17, 1862, entitled "An Act To Suppress Insurrection, To Punish Treason and Rebellion, To Seize and Confiscate the Property of Rebels, and for Other Purposes." May 21, 1868. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 18, 1867, information in relation to the occupation of the island of San Juan, in Puget Sound. February 22, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1865, information in regard to plans to induce the immigration of dissatisfied citizens of the United States into Mexico, and especially in regard to the plans of Dr. William M. Gwin, and M.F. Maury. January 10, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of December 21, 1865, information upon what charges and for what reasons Jefferson Davis is still held in confinement, and why he has not been put upon his trial. January 10, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 13, 1868, correspondence in relation to a claim to the guano on Alto Velo, an island in the vicinity of Saint Domingo. March 6, 1868. -- Read, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. March 9, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 28, 1867, information in relation to the absence of territorial officers from their post of duty. April 15, 1867. -- Read, and ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 31, 1867, correspondence between the Department of State and the United States consul at Geneva, with reference to the policy of the President towards the states lately in rebellion. March 15, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of January 8, 1866, correspondence respecting General Order No. 17, issued by the Commander of the Department of California, prohibiting the exportation of arms or munitions of war over the frontier. April 23, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of July 28, 1866, correspondence between the government of the United States and the governments of France and Prussia, touching the claim to military service asserted by those governments in reference to persons born in those countries, but who have since become naturalized under the laws of the United States. March 11, 1867. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. March 12, 1867. -- Ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, information relative to prisoners of war taken by belligerents in the Mexican Republic. April 15, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, calling for correspondence relating to the manner in which the consul at Cadiz has transacted the business of his office. February 23, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, information on the subject of a decree of the so-called Emperor of Mexico of the 3d of October last. December 21, 1865. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, information in relation to the States of the Union lately in rebellion, accompanied by a report of Carl Schurz on the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana; also a report of Lieutenant General Grant, on the same subject. December 19, 1865. -- Read and ordered to be printed, with the reports of Carl Schurz and Lieutenant General Grant.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, information in relation to any application by any party for exclusive privileges in connection with hunting, trading, and the fisheries in Alaska. April 27, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th instant, information in relation to the disposition made of fees received by consular agents within the distrcits [i.e., districts] of salaried consuls. March 21, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 15th ultimo, information in regard to the action of the mixed commission for the adjustment of claims by citizens of the United States against the government of Venezuela. January 7, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 17th of February, ultimo, information in relation to the alleged interference of our consul at Rome in the late difficulties in Italy. March 6, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th December, 1866, information in respect to the progress made in collecting the products and the weights, measures, and coins of the United States, for exhibition at the Universal Exposition at Paris, in April next. January 21, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, correspondence between the Department of State and the minister of the United States at Portugal, in reference to his salary. February 23, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th instant, information in relation to the report of General Howard of his observations of the condition of the seceded states, and the operations of the Freedmen's Bureau therein. December 21, 1865. -- Read, referred to the joint committee to inquire into the condition of the states that formed the so-called Confederate States, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 19th ultimo, a report from Benjamin C. Truman relative to the condition of the southern people and the states in which the rebellion existed. May 8, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 21st ultimo, information in relation to the report of Brevet Major General William S. Harney upon the Sioux and other Indians congregated under treaties made with them by the special peace commission. February 2, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 25th ultimo, information in regard to the formation and the functions of the government of the United States of North Germany. December 12, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 26th ultimo, correspondence with Mr. Motley, recent minister of the United States at Vienna, or with the Austrian government, not heretofore communicated, especially so far as the same relates to the removal of Mr. Motley from his post. December 5, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 27th of January last, information in relation to the arrest and trial of Rev. John McMahon, Robert B. Lynch and John Warren, by the government of Great Britain. March 16, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th ultimo, correspondence relating to the act of Congress prohibiting persons in the diplomatic service from wearing uniforms or official costumes. June 23, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 28th ultimo, information in relation to the number and designations of military departments formed since the first day of August, 1867. April 27, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 2d instant, a copy of the letter on which the Secretary of State founded his recent inquiries, addressed to Mr. Motley, minister of the United States at Vienna, with regard to his reported conversation and opinions. February 6, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st of February last, information in relation to the abduction of one Allan Macdonald from the Township of Moore, in Canada. March 6, 1868. -- Read and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. March 10, 1868. -- Ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, a report from the Secretary of the Treasury in relation to a treaty of commercial reciprocity with the Hawaiian Islands. February 6, 1867. -- Read and ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, correspondence between the Department of State and any of the foreign ministers of the United States, with reference to the policy of the President towards the states lately in rebellion. February 23, 1867. -- Read; ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 31st ultimo, the number and names of the deputy marshals, bailiffs, and criers in the District of Columbia who have received compensation for the year 1866. February 6, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 4th instant, information in relation to instructions issued to General Pope and General Meade, on their being assigned to the command of the Third Military District. February 26, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant, a report from the Secretary of State, upon the subject of the supposed kidnapping of colored persons in the southern states for the purpose of selling them as slaves in Cuba. March 16, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 5th of February last, correspondence upon the subject of the murder, by the inhabitants of the island of Formosa, of the ship's company of the American bark Rover. April 23, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 6th of February, 1867, correspondence on the subject of grants to American citizens for railroad and telegraph lines across the territory of the Republic of Mexico. February 13, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, calling for correspondence in relation to the reported transfer of the United States minister from Stockholm to Bogota. February 12, 1867. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant, correspondence upon the subject of emigration of citizens of the United States to the dominions of the Sublime Porte, for the purpose of settling and acquiring landed property there. January 30, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 7th of March, 1866, information respecting the improvement of the Washington City canal. April 4, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the District of Columbia, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information concerning recent transactions in the region of the La Plata, affecting the political relations of the United States with Paraguay, the Argentine Republic, Uruguay, and Brazil. December 17, 1868. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, information in relation to Bill (S. 141) entitled "An Act for the Further Security of Equal Rights in the District of Columbia," presented to him on the 11th day of December, 1867. January 24, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 8th of January last calling for information in relation to violations of the act entitled "An Act To Protect All Persons in the United States in Their Civil Rights and Furnish the Means of Their Vindication," such information as is in the possession of the departments on the subject, and the steps taken to enforce the law. February 19, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 9th instant, a list of the states whose legislatures have ratified the proposed 14th Article of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, also a copy of the resolutions of ratification. July 15, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the second instant, a report of the Secretary of State, in relation to the steps taken by him to secure to the United States the right to make the necessary surveys for an interoceanic ship-canal through the territory of Colombia. February 6, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, of the 20th of June last, a statement of the expenditures of the United States for the various public works of the government, in each state and territory in the Union, from the year 1860 to the close of the year 1865. July 11, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in obedience to law, a copy of certain regulations for the consular courts in China. January 27, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in obedience to law, a copy of eight rules agreed upon between the Chinese imperial government and the minister of the United States and those of other foreign powers accredited to that government. January 12, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in obedience to law, the report of the board of naval officers appointed to select suitable locations for powder magazines. July 25, 1868. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, in relation to points upon the coasts of Oregon, Washington Territory, and Alaska, for light-houses. February 24, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, in relation to the encroachments of the agents of the Hudson's Bay Company upon the trade and territory of Alaska. February 5, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, informing Congress of the passage of an act of acceptance by the State of Georgia of lands for the benefit of colleges for agriculture and mechanic arts. June 13, 1866. -- Ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, informing the Senate that it is inconsistent with the public interest to communicate the information called for by the resolution of the Senate of the 17th instant, in regard to the present condition of affairs on the southeastern frontier, and especially in regard to any violation of neutrality on the part of the Army now occupying the right bank of the Rio Grande. January 29, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, of January 29, 1867, relating to the present condition of Mexico, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 4, 1866.
Message of the President of the United States, recommending an extension of the time for the completion of certain railroads in the states of Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida and Louisiana, to aid in the construction of which lands were granted by acts of Congress. April 9, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, recommending certain amendments to the Constitution of the United States. July 18, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, returning Bill (H.R. No. 1039) "To Admit the State of Arkansas to Representation in Congress," with his objections thereto. June 20, 1868. -- Read and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, returning Bill (S. 213) entitled "An Act To Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act To Amend the Judiciary Act, Passed the Twenty-fourth of September, Seventeen Hundred and Eighty-nine,'" with his objections. March 25, 1868. -- Read and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, returning Bill (S.60) to amend an act entitled "An Act To Establish a Bureau for the Relief of Freedmen and Refugees," and for other purposes, with his objections thereto. February 19, 1866. -- Read and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, returning Bill S. No. 609, entitled "An Act Transferring the Duties of Trustees of Colored Schools of Washington and Georgetown," with his objections. February 13, 1869. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, returning the Bill (S. 453) "Regulating the Tenure of Certain Civil Offices," with his objections thereto. March 2, 1867. -- Read and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, returning the Bill (S. 456) for the admission of the State of Nebraska into the Union, with his objections thereto. January 30, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table, and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, returning to the Senate the bill entitled "An Act for the Admission of the State of Colorado Into the Union," with his objections to its becoming a law. May 16, 1866. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a communication addressed to him by John Evans and J.B. Chaffee, as United States senators elect from the State of Colorado, and other information in relation to the admission of that state into the Union. January 12, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Territories, and ordered to be printed, with accompanying documents.
Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a copy of resolutions of the Legislature of Georgia, requesting a suspension of the collection of the internal revenue tax due from that state, pursuant to the act of Congress of the 5th of August, 1861. June 13, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Finance and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a memorial of the Legislature of Alabama, asking an extension of the time for the completion of certain railroads in said state. April 2, 1866. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Public Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, transmitting a report and accompanying papers from the Secretary of State, in compliance with the 18th section of the act approved August 18, 1856, regulating the diplomatic and consular systems of the United States. January 9, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Commerce, and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, transmitting reports of the heads of the several Executive departments in answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, requesting copies of any official opinions which may have been given by the Attorney General, Solicitor of the Treasury, or other officer of the government, on the interpretation of the act regulating the tenure of certain civil offices. April 17, 1867. -- Read, ordered to lie on the table and be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, transmitting, a report from the Secretary of State in relation to the resolution of Congress approved July 20, 1867, "Declaring Sympathy With the Suffering People of Crete." January 7, 1869. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
Message of the President of the United States, with accompanying documents, to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the third session of the Fortieth Congress. Part II.
Mexican affairs -- Maximilian. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 17th July last, relative to Maximilian. December 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mexican affairs. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th ultimo, transmitting report of the Secretary of State on that subject. January 9, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 19th ultimo, relative to the occupation of Mexico by the American forces. January 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th instant, calling for information relating to the attempt of Santa Anna and Ortega to organize armed expeditions within the United States for the overthrow of the national government of the Republic of Mexico. December 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Names of persons pardoned by the President. Message from the President of the United States, further in answer to a resolution of the House of 10th December last, relative to persons pardoned by the President. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
New Orleans riots. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 12th ultimo, transmitting all papers relative to the New Orleans riots. January 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Select Committee on New Orleans Riots and ordered to be printed.
North Carolina and Louisiana. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents and papers relating to the proceedings in North Carolina and Louisiana to which they refer, viz: constitutions of those states. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Northwest Boundary Commission. Message from the President of the United States, concerning the Northwest Boundary Commission. February 13, 1869. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Oath of office. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting communications from the Secretary of the Treasury and Postmaster General suggesting a modification of the oath of office prescribed by Congress, approved July 2, 1862. April 6, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Occupation of Mexican territory. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 6th instant, inquiring if any portion of the Mexican territory has been occupied by United States troops. December 10, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Officers and soldiers buried near Atlanta. Message of the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of April 2, transmitting a report from the Secretary of War on the subject. April 23, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Ordnance Department. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 15th March last, asking for information concerning the Ordnance Department and its transactions. January 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Ordnance and ordered to be printed.
Organization of the Army. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a letter from the Lieutenant General on the subject of early legislation upon the subject of the organization of the Army. May 17, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Paraguay difficulties. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of December 14, relative to the disposition of the American squadron at Rio Janeiro, and the Paraguay difficulties. January 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Pardons and abandoned property. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 5th of March last, relative to pardons and property seized as enemies' property, and returned to those who claimed to be the original owners. May 4, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Pardons by the President. Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the House of 10th of December, transmitting names of persons pardoned by the President who have been engaged in rebellion. January 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Pardons by the President. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting final report of the names of persons engaged in rebellion who have been pardoned by the President. December 4, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Pardons for making or passing counterfeit money, forgery and perjury. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 26th November last, transmitting list of pardons granted since April 14, 1865, for making and passing counterfeit money. February 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Paris Exposition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting memorial from the Legislature of Wisconsin, relative to the Paris Exposition. February 25, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Paris Universal Exposition. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the "Paris Universal Exposition." January 28, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee of Ways and Means and ordered to be printed.
Part I. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th of December last, transmitting information upon the present condition of affairs in the Republic of Mexico. March 22, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Part II. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 11th of December last, transmitting information upon the present condition of affairs in the Republic of Mexico. March 22, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Passage of vessels through Straw Shoe Channel. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting papers relative to prohibiting steamers sailing under the flag of the United States from using or passing through Straw Show Channel in the Yangtsze River. March 1, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Post Office at Penn Yan. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 1st instant, relative to the appointment of a special agent to take charge of the post office at Penn Yan, New York. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
President Juarez of Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 22d instant, in regard to a demonstration of honor by the United States of Colombia to President Juarez of Mexico. January 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
President Juarez, of Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 27th ultimo, relative to President Juarez, of Mexico. March 7, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
President and General Grant. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 10th instant, transmitting copy of the President's reply to General Grant's letter of February 3, 1868. February 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
Property occupied by the departments. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a statement of the buildings or premises held and occupied by the several departments. February 2, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Protestant Church at Rome. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 24th instant, relative to the removal of the Protestant Church at the American Embassy from the City of Rome by order [of] the government. January 29, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Protestant church at Rome. Message from the President of the United States, communicating additional information in answer to a resolution of the House of the 24th of January last, relative to the removal of the American Protestant church from the City of Rome. March 15, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Protestant church at Rome. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of January 24 last, relative to the removal of the American Protestant church from the City of Rome. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Rebel General Pickett. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 23d of June last, relative to rebel General Pickett. December 11, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Rebel debt or cotton loan. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 25th of April, respecting the rebel debt known as the cotton loan. May 1, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Rebel pirate Shenandoah. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th instant, relative to the reported surrender of the rebel pirate Shenandoah. January 30, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Reconstruction : letter from Peter Cooper to President Johnson
Reduction of employe[e]s in the State Department. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th of December, relative to a reduction of employe[e]s in the Department of State. January 12, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Reform of the system of coinage, weights and measures. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th instant, relative to a reform of the system of coinage, weights, and measures. July 19, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, and ordered to be printed.
Refugees, freedmen, and abandoned lands. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 21st instant, relative to refugees, freedmen and abandoned lands. May 26, 1866. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Regular and volunteer Army. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 5th January, transmitting a statement of the number of men and officers in the regular and volunteer service in the United States. March 20, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Release of Fenian prisoners. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 23d instant, relative to release of Fenian prisoners in Canada, and to discontinue prosecutions against the Fenians in the United States. July 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Removals and appointments in Interior Department. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 11, relative to removals and appointments in the Interior Department. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Report of Indian peace commissioners. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the Indian peace commissioners. January 14, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Report of Lieut. Col. James H. Simpson, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A., on the change of route west from Omaha, Nebraska Territory
Report of the Secretary of War, in two volumes. Vol. I.
Report of the Secretary of War, in two volumes. Vol. II.
Reports of Bvt. Brig. Gen. D.C. McCallum, director and general manager of the military railroads of the United States, and the Provost Marshal General, in two parts. Appendix to the report of the Secretary of War accompanying message of the President to the 39th Cong., 1st sess.
Reports of Bvt. Brig. Gen. D.C. McCallum, director and general manager of the military railroads of the United States, and the Provost Marshal General. In two parts. Appendix to the report of the Secretary of War accompanying message of the President to the 39th Cong., 1st sess. Part II.
Republic of Ecuador. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting correspondence of the State Department with our charge d'affaires at Ecuador, relative to the failure of that government to pay the first installment of the award under the convention between the United States and Ecuador. May 15, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Restoration of Tennessee. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting his views relative to the restoration of Tennessee, by joint resolution, informing the House that he had signed the same. July 24, 1866. -- Ordered to be printed.
Revolution in Candia. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 17th ultimo, relative to the revolution in Candia. January 14, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Richard M. Bonton and Harriet M. Fisher. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of February 21, calling for letters and indorsements by the Chief of Ordnance. March 2, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Rights of American citizens. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of November 25, 1867, relative to trial and conviction of American citizens in England of Fenianism. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Rights of naturalized citizens in German states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 9th instant, relative to treaties with the German states concerning the rights of naturalized American citizens. March 25, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Russian America. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 19th December last, transmitting correspondence in relation to Russian America. February 19, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Russian naval vessels. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th ultimo, relative to interference of Russian war vessels with American whalers. January 8, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Sale of public vessels. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 12th of December last, relative to the sale of public vessels since the close of the rebellion. May 11, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Services to State Department by naval vessels. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 19th ultimo, relative to amounts charged to the State Department for services of naval vessels. January 9, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.
Ship canal around the Falls of the Ohio River. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report relative to a ship canal around the Falls of the Ohio River. February 21, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed.
Silk and silk manufactures. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 18th ultimo, transmitting report of Elliot C. Cowdin, Esq., commissioner to the Paris Exposition of 1867, on silk and silk manufactures. March 26, 1868. -- Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and ordered to be printed.
Slavery of peonage in Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 11th instant concerning the re-establishment of slavery or peonage in the Republic of Mexico. December 20, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
South Carolina and Arkansas. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting all the papers that have been submitted to him relating to the proceedings to which they refer in the states of South Carolina and Arkansas. May 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Reconstruction and ordered to be printed.
States ratifying the Constitutional amendment. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th instant, making inquiry as to the states having ratified the amendment to the Constitution of the United States. February 6, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
States which have ratified the constitutional amendment. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 15th February, making inquiry as to the states which have ratified the constitutional amendment proposed by the Thirty-ninth Congress. February 19, 1867. -- Laid on the table and ordered to be printed.
Steamer Nuestra Senora de la Regla. Message from the President of the United States, relative to the seizure of a Spanish steamer in 1861. January 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Surveying district in Montana. Message from the President of the United States, returning to the House, with his objections, the act erecting Montana into a separate surveying district. July 28, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Territories and ordered to be printed.
The condition of the South : extracts from the report of Major-General Carl Schurz, on the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana : addressed to the president
Timber for the Navy. Message from the President of the United States, relative to depredations upon and the future care of the reservations of lands for the purpose of supplying timber for the United States Navy. February 10, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Treaties with German states. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the 9th ultimo relative to correspondence and negotiation relating to the rights of naturalized citizens in the German states. April 4, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Treatment of American citizens in Great Britain and its provinces. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th instant, information relative to the arrest, imprisonment, and treatment of American citizens in Great Britain and its provinces. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Trial of American citizens in Canada. Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 18th instant, information relative to the trial of American citizens in Canada. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Trial of John H. Surratt. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 27th January, relative to the trial of John H. Surratt. February 5, 1868. -- Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and ordered to be printed.
Union Pacific Railroad. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 16th ultimo, relative to report of special commissioners to examine the work on the Union Pacific Railroad. January 5, 1869.--Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
Union Pacific Railroad. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting report of the commissioners to examine the third section of the Union Pacific Railroad. April 26, 1866. -- Referred to the Committee on the Pacific Railroad and ordered to be printed.
United States, European, and West Virginia Land and Mining Company and Mexico. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting, in compliance with a resolution of the House of the 8th July, 1867, a report of the Secretary of State concerning the United States, European, and West Virginia Land and Mining Company and the Republic of Mexico. July 19, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Universal Exposition at Paris. Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Secretary of State concerning the Universal Exposition to be held at Paris in the year 1867. December 20, 1865. -- Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and ordered to be printed.
Visit of Professor Agassiz to Brazil. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of the 4th instant, relative to the visit of Professor Agassiz to Brazil. February 11, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
William T. Harris. Message from the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of 23d ultimo, relative to the claim of William T. Harris, a citizen of the United States, for property withheld by the Brazilian government. February 5, 1869. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Withdrawal of French troops from Mexico. Message of the President of the United States, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 18th instant, relative to the withdrawal of French troops from the Mexican Republic. March 21, 1867. -- Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed.

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