A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 742 pages of information about A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents.

A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 742 pages of information about A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

[Footnote 63:  Constitutions of North Carolina and Louisiana.]

WASHINGTON, May 15, 1868.

To the House of Representatives

I transmit to the House of Representatives, in answer to their resolution of the 8th instant, a report[64] from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

[Footnote 64:  Relating to the detention, at the request of the House of Representatives, of the ironclad monitors Oneoto and Catawba, purchased from the United States by Swift & Co., and supposed to be intended for the Government of Peru, then at war with a power friendly to the United States.]

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 18, 1868.

To the Senate and House of Representatives

I transmit to Congress the accompanying document,[65] which is the only paper which has been submitted to me relating to the proceedings to which it refers in the State of Georgia.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

[Footnote 65:  Constitution of Georgia.]

WASHINGTON, May 23, 1868.

To the Senate of the United States

I transmit to the Senate a report from the Secretary of State, with accompaniments, in relation to recent events in the Empire of Japan.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 27, 1868.

To the Senate and House of Representatives

I transmit to Congress the accompanying documents,[66] which are the only papers which have been submitted to me relating to the proceedings to which they refer in the State of Florida.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

[Footnote 66:  Letter from the president of the constitutional convention of Florida, transmitting a copy of the constitution of that State.]

WASHINGTON, May 29, 1868.

To the House of Representatives

I transmit herewith a letter from the Secretary of the Navy, in reply to the resolution of the House of Representatives adopted on the 26th instant, making inquiries relative to a naval force at Hayti.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

WASHINGTON, June 2, 1868.

To the Senate of the United States

I communicate, for the information of the Senate, in confidence, a report of the Secretary of State, accompanied by a copy of a dispatch recently received from the acting consul of the United States at San Jose, Costa Rica.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

WASHINGTON, June 2, 1868.

To the Senate of the United States

I communicate, for the consideration of the Senate, a report from the Secretary of State, accompanied by a copy of a dispatch recently received from the acting United States consul in charge of the legation at San Jose, Costa Rica.

ANDREW JOHNSON.

WASHINGTON, June 5, 1868.

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