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• Franklin Pierce
Special Message
February 24, 1855

To the Senate of the United States:

In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 22d instant, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, together with the copy of a communication from Francis W. Rice, * therein referred to.

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

*Late United States consul at Acapulco, relative to outrages committed upon him by authorities of Mexico.
Citation: Franklin Pierce: "Special Message", February 24, 1855. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=67608.
 
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