August 12, 1856
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers,* in answer to the resolution of the Senate of yesterday.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
*Relating to "The declaration concerning maritime law," adopted by the plenipotentiaries of Great Britain, Austria, France, Prussia, Russia, Sardinia, and Turkey at Paris April 16, 1856.
Franklin Pierce, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203018