Rutherford Hayes said...

I have the honor to inform the Senate that Hon. Benjamin Harrison, Senator elect from the State of Indiana, has resigned...

I transmit herewith, for the consideration of the Senate, two treaties* signed at Peking on the 17th of November, 1880, ...

I transmit herewith, in answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 20th ultimo, a report from the Secretary of State,...

I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States, have considered it to be my duty to issue this my proclamation, ...