Special Message
07/01/1868
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In reply to the resolution adopted by the House of Representatives on the 19th of December last, calling for corresponde...
I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of State on the subject, with its accompanying papers.
The extraordinary character of your letter of the 3d instant would seem to preclude any reply on my part.
You knew it was the President's purpose to prevent Mr. Stanton from resuming the office of Secretary of War, and you int...