January 23, 1863
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit, for the consideration of Congress, a report from the Secretary. of State, transmitting the regulations, decrees, and orders for the government of the United States consular courts in Turkey.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Abraham Lincoln, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202853