December 15, 1856
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit to Congress an extract from a letter of the 22d ultimo from the governor of the Territory of Kansas to the Secretary of State, with a copy of the executive minutes++ to which it refers. These documents have been received since the date of any message at the opening of the present session.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
++ Containing a history of Kansas affairs.
Franklin Pierce, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203191