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• Franklin Pierce
Special Message
February 27, 1856

To the Senate of the United States:

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 25th instant, I transmit reports* from the Secretary of State and the Attorney-General, to whom the resolution was referred.

FRANKLIN PIERCE.

*Relating to the enlistment of soldiers within the United States by agents of the British Government.
Citation: Franklin Pierce: "Special Message", February 27, 1856. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=67648.
 
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