March 26, 1862
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
I transmit a copy of a communication* of the 21st of December last addressed to the Secretary of State by the governor of the Territory of Nevada, and commend to the particular attention of Congress those parts of it which show that further legislation is desirable for the public welfare in that quarter.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
*Containing a narrative of incidents pertaining to the government of the Territory of Nevada.
Abraham Lincoln, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203264