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• Franklin Pierce
Special Message
February 6, 1855

To the Senate of the United States:

In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 11th ultimo, in relation to the case of Francis W. Rice,* late United States consulate Acapulco, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with the accompanying documents.

FRANKLIN PIERCE

*Arrested and imprisoned at Acapulco, Mexico.
Citation: Franklin Pierce: "Special Message", February 6, 1855. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=67589.
 
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