June 12, 1854
To The House of Representatives:
I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers,* in answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 24th of April last.
FRANKLIN PIERCE.
*Relating to the instructions referred to by President Monroe in his annual message of December 2, 1823, on the subject of the issue of commissions to private armed vessels.
Franklin Pierce, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202134