A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 6, part 1: Abraham Lincoln
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 6, part 1: Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Presidents -- United States; United States -- History -- Sources; United States -- Politics and government
_To the House of Representatives_:
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of yesterday
on the subject of the joint resolution of the 4th of last month relative
to Mexico, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, to whom the
resolution was referred.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WASHINGTON, _May 28, 1864_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In reply to a resolution of the Senate of the 25th instant, relating to
Mexican affairs, I transmit a partial report from the Secretary of State
of this date, with the papers therein mentioned.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WASHINGTON, _May 31, 1864_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit to the Senate, in answer to their resolution of the 28th
instant, a report[12] from the Secretary of State, with accompanying
documents.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
[Footnote 12: Relating to the delivery of a person charged with crime
against Spain to the officers of that Government.]
WASHINGTON, D.C., _June 8, 1864_.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives_:
I have the honor to submit, for the consideration of Congress, a letter
and inclosure[13] from the Secretary of War, with my concurrence in the
recommendation therein made.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
[Footnote 13: Report from the Provost-Marshal-General, showing the result
of the draft to fill a deficiency in the quotas of certain States, and
recommending a repeal of the clause in the enrollment act commonly known
as the three-hundred-dollar clause.]
WASHINGTON, _June 13, 1864_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 4th of March,
1864, I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War in the case
of William Yokum, with accompanying papers.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WASHINGTON, _June 13, 1864_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
I transmit herewith, for consideration with a view to ratification, a
convention between the United States of America and the United Colombian
States, signed by the plenipotentiaries of the contracting powers on the
10th February last, providing for a revival of the joint commission on
claims under the convention of 10th September, 1857, with New Granada.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
WASHINGTON, _June 18, 1864_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
In further answer to the Senate's resolution of the 28th ultimo,
requesting to be informed whether the President "has, and when,
authorized a person alleged to have committed a crime against Spain or
any of its dependencies to be delivered up to officers of that
Government, and whether such delivery was had, and, if so, under what
authority of law or of treaty it was done," I transmit a copy of a
dispatch of the 10th instant to the Secretary of State from the acting
consul of the United States at Havana.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _June 21, 1864_.
_To the Senate of the United States_:
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