Special Message
02/17/1853
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I transmit for the information of Congress the accompanying report from the Department of State on the present state of ...
I respectfully concur in the recommendation made by the Secretary.
If Congress should be of opinion that the claim is just, every consideration points to the propriety of its prompt recog...
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 10th instant, requesting certain correspondence relative to Centr...