James Buchanan: Message to the House of Representatives on Mississippi River Improvements

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Message to the House of Representatives on Mississippi River Improvements
June 11, 1858

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To the House of Representatives:

I transmit herewith a report from the Secretary of War, with the accompanying papers,* in obedience to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 2d of June, 1858.

JAMES BUCHANAN.

*Copies of contracts for deepening the channels of the Southwest Pass and Pass a l'Outre, at the mouth of the Mississippi River, etc.

Citation: John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project [online]. Santa Barbara, CA. Available from World Wide Web: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=68330.

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