Jan 23, 1879
In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 7th instant, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, with its accompanying papers.
Rutherford B. Hayes
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States, serving from 1877 to 1881. A member of the Republican Party, he was born in Ohio and became known for his strong stance against slavery as a lawyer and abolitionist. His presidency marked the end of Reconstruction, a significant period in American history following the Civil War, and he is often associated with the beginning of the Gilded Age, a time of rapid economic growth and industrialization in the United States.
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Jan 19, 1879
In answer to resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16th instant, requesting the Commissioner of Agriculture to forward to the House any facts or statistics in his office on the subject of forestry not heretofore reported…
Jan 15, 1879
It is hereby ordered that the order of May 10, 1877, setting apart as a reservation for the Northwestern Shoshone Indians of Nevada...be, and the same is hereby, canceled and the said lands are restored to their original status.
Jan 12, 1879
In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 17th of June last, requesting the Commissioner of Agriculture to send to the Senate certain reports on sheep husbandry, copies of the same, with accompanying papers, received from the…
Jan 12, 1879
In answer to a resolution of the Senate of the 3d of June last, requesting a copy of correspondence between this Government and that of Her Britannic Majesty in regard to inviting other maritime powers to accede to the three rules of…
Jan 9, 1879
It is hereby ordered that all the public lands embraced within the following boundaries...be, and the same are hereby, withdrawn from sale and set apart for the use of the Pima and Maricopa Indians, in addition to their present reservation…
Jan 6, 1879
To the House of Representatives:In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th of December last, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, with its accompanying papers.
Dec 16, 1878
They are transmitted with the assurance that any measures that may be enacted in furtherance of these important interests will meet with my cordial approval.
Dec 16, 1878
The external commerce of the United States has for many years been the subject of solicitude because of the outward drain of the precious metals it has caused.
Dec 16, 1878
The laws have now directed a resumption of financial equality with other nations, and have ordered a return to the basis of coin values.
Dec 16, 1878
For fully twenty years previous to 1877 the shipment of gold was constant and heavy.
Dec 16, 1878
The importation of manufactured goods was at the same time reduced in an equal degree.
Dec 16, 1878
A return to excessive imports or to a material decline in export trade would render possible a return to the former condition of adverse balances.
Dec 16, 1878
If we have equal commercial facilities, we need not fear competition anywhere.
Dec 16, 1878
The agencies through which this change has been effected must be maintained and strengthened if the future is to be made secure.
Dec 15, 1878
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 5th instant, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, with its accompanying papers.
Dec 8, 1878
To the Senate of the United States: I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of State, together with the copies of papers therein referred to, in compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 27th of May last.
Dec 3, 1878
To the Senate of the United States: I transmit, for the consideration of the Senate with a view to ratification, a convention revising certain portions of existing commercial treaties and further extending commercial intercourse between…
Dec 3, 1878
To the Senate of the United States: I transmit, for the consideration of the Senate with a view to ratification, a declaration respecting trade-marks between the United States and Brazil, concluded and signed at Rio de Janeiro on the 24th…
Dec 1, 1878
I respectfully urge upon your attention that the Congressional elections, in every district, in a very important sense, are justly a matter of political interest and concern throughout the whole country.
Dec 1, 1878
Our public credit has greatly improved, and is perhaps now stronger than ever before.
Dec 1, 1878
Every step in this direction is welcomed with public approval, and every interruption of steady and uniform progress to the desired consummation awakens general uneasiness and widespread condemnation.
Dec 1, 1878
Abundant harvests have rewarded the labors of those who till the soil.
Dec 1, 1878
The permanent pacification of the country by the complete protection of all citizens in every civil and political right continues to be of paramount interest with the great body of our people.
Dec 1, 1878
The fearful spread of this pestilence has awakened a very general public sentiment in favor of national sanitary administration.
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