Special Message
02/06/1853
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Our unfortunate countrymen who from time to time suffer shipwreck on the coasts of the eastern seas are entitled to prot...
I transmit for the information of Congress the accompanying report from the Department of State on the present state of ...
The delays which have taken place in the negotiation of this treaty have been principally caused by the want of a reside...
If Congress should be of opinion that the claim is just, every consideration points to the propriety of its prompt recog...