Special Message
01/22/1868
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I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th i...
The orders issued by me upon this subject are in accordance with long-established usage and hitherto unquestioned author...
I communicate, for the consideration of the Senate, a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by a copy of a dis...
In pursuance of the foregoing order, it is hereby directed that thirty minute guns be fired at each of the navy-yards an...