Millard Fillmore: “The facts of the case will more fully appear in the accompanying papers from the Department of the Interior.”

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…

I respectfully concur in the recommendation made by the Secretary.

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.

To the Senate of the United States