Special Message
02/08/1853
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The Acting Secretary of State will communicate this sad intelligence to the diplomatic corps near this Government and, t...
Our unfortunate countrymen who from time to time suffer shipwreck on the coasts of the eastern seas are entitled to prot...
For these reasons I have deemed it proper to submit the whole matter to Congress, for such action as they may deem best.
To the Senate of the United States: In answer to the Senate's resolution of the 3d instant, calling for information rela...