Special Message
12/11/1867
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It was to prevent such an appointment that I accepted the office of Secretary of War ad interim.
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 17th February ultimo, concerning the alleged interference of the United...
I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and a report from the Secretary of the Navy, with accompanying papers.
No report upon this subject has yet been received by me from the War Department.