January 11, 1855
To the Senate of the United States:
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 3d instant, requesting "a statement of the names of the ministers, charges d'affaires, and the secretaries of legation of the United States appointed since the 4th of March, 1849, together with the dates of their commissions, the time of the commencement of their compensation, of their departure for their posts, and of their entering upon their of official duties thereat," I transmit the accompanying report from the Secretary of State..
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
Franklin Pierce, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/201922