Special Message
02/06/1853
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To the Senate of the United States: I transmit a report from the Secretary of State upon the subject of the relations be...
This report is accompanied by a copy of the orders of the Navy Department to Commodore McCauley, requested by the resolu...
The nature and objects of the treaty are fully explained by the report of Mr. Harper, who negotiated it in behalf of the...
The Acting Secretary of State will communicate this sad intelligence to the diplomatic corps near this Government and, t...