A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 5, part 3: Franklin Pierce
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 5, part 3: Franklin Pierce
Pierce, Franklin, 1804-1869; Presidents -- United States; United States -- History -- Sources; United States -- Politics and government
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 7th instant,
in relation to the refusal of the Government of Honduras to receive
a commercial agent from this country, I transmit a report from the
Secretary of State and the documents which accompanied it.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WASHINGTON, _August 13, 1856_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of War, inclosing
a report of Captain M.C. Meigs, stating that the sum of $750,000 will be
necessary for the prosecution of the Capitol extension until the close
of the next session of Congress, and recommend that that amount may be
appropriated.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WASHINGTON, _August 15, 1856_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 4th
instant, requesting a copy of letters and papers touching the pardons
or remission of the imprisonment of Daniel Drayton and Edward Sayres in
August, 1852, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, to whom
the resolution was referred.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WASHINGTON, _August 15, 1856_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, in relation
to an error in a communication[62] of Captain Meigs.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
[Footnote 62: Relating to the Capitol extension.]
WASHINGTON, _August 16, 1856_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with a resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant,
in relation to the public accounts of John C. Fremont, I transmit the
accompanying report from the Secretary of the Treasury, to whom the
resolution was referred.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
WASHINGTON, _August 16, 1856_.
_To the House of Representatives_:
In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives of the
17th April, 1856, requesting me to have prepared and presented to the
House of Representatives "a statement showing the appropriations made
by the Thirty-first, Thirty-second, and Thirty-third Congresses,
distinguishing the appropriations made at each session of each Congress,
distinguishing also the appropriations made on the recommendations of
the President, heads of Departments, or heads of bureaus from those that
were made without such recommendation, and showing what expenditures
have been made by the Government in each fiscal year, commencing with
the 1st day of July, 1850, and ending on the 30th day of June, 1855; and
also what, if any, defalcations have occurred from the 30th day of June,
1850, to the 1st day of July, 1855, and the amount of such defalcations
severally, and such other information as may be in his power bearing
upon the matters above mentioned," I submit the following reports from
the Secretaries of the Treasury, War, Navy, and Interior Departments and
the Postmaster-General.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
VETO MESSAGES.
WASHINGTON, _May 19, 1856_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
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