Political Quotes

I herewith transmit to the House the copy of a letter addressed to me by the governor of the State of Maine on the 30th of June last, communicating sundry resolutions of the legislature of that State and claiming the reimbursement of certain moneys paid to John and Phineas R. Hatford for losses and expenses incurred by them under circumstances explained in the accompanying papers.

I can not think it proper, in a matter of such vital interest, to approve a bill so liable to diversity of interpretations

I transmit, for your constitutional action, a report from the War Department, accompanied by a treaty with a portion of the New York Indians.

I herewith transmit the report ** of the Secretary of the Navy, which affords all the information required by said resolution.