Special Message
01/17/1853
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I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navig...
The delays which have taken place in the negotiation of this treaty have been principally caused by the want of a reside...
The importance of the measure seemed to require an exposition somewhat in detail of the grounds on which it is recommend...
Made by him in connection with Lieutenant Lardner Gibbon, under instructions from the Navy Department