Special Message
03/20/1860
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It will be found in all respects similar to the treaty between the United States and Nicaragua now pending in the Senate.
My sole purpose is to afford Congress an opportunity of reconsidering this case on account of its peculiar circumstances.
The whole claim of $25,180 was rejected by the Postmaster-General for reasons which it is no part of my present purpose to discuss.
To the House of Representatives: I transmit herewith a report of the Secretary of War, with its accompaniments, communicating the informatio...