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Millard Fillmore was the 13th President of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853. A member of the Whig Party, he is best known for his support of the Compromise of 1850, a series of legislative measures aimed at easing tensions between slave and free states in the lead-up to the Civil War. Fillmore's presidency was marked by efforts to maintain national unity during a period of significant division over the issue of slavery.
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 17th January last, requesting information in regard to the fisheries on the coasts of the British North American Provinces, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents…
I deemed it advisable to issue, relative to an extraordinary session of the Senate on the 4th of March next.
I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a consular convention concluded in this city on the 23d instant between the United States and His Majesty the Emperor of the French.
I, Millard Fillmore, president of the United States, have considered it to be my duty to issue this my proclamation, revoking said call and hereby declaring that an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene…
Although it is stipulated by the terms of the first article of the convention that the commissioner on the part of this Government shall be appointed by the President of the United States, it is not understood that this stipulation was…
In compliance with your resolution of the 19th of February instant, I herewith communicate a report from the Secretary of War
Containing the report of Lieutenant Meigs, of the Engineer Corps, on the surveys, projects, and estimates for supplying the cities of Washington and Georgetown with an unfailing and abundant supply of water
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 14th instant, relative to the fisheries on the coasts of Florida, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State and the documents which accompanied it.
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