Franklin Pierce: Special Message

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Special Message
August 4, 1856

Franklin Pierce

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To the House of Representatives of the United States:

I herewith lay before the House of Representatives a report of the Secretary of War, in reply to a resolution of the House requesting "information in regard to the construction of the Capitol and Post-Office extensions."

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

Citation: Franklin Pierce: "Special Message," August 4, 1856. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=67715.

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