February 17, 1855
To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States:
I communicate herewith a letter * of the Secretary of the Interior and accompanying paper, for the consideration of Congress.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
*Recommending an appropriation to supply a deficit in the amount held on Indian account, caused by the failure of Selden, Withers & Co., with whom it was deposited.
Franklin Pierce, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202100