June 11, 1878
To the House of Representatives:
In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 27th May ultimo, I transmit the response of the Secretary of State, accompanied by a copy of the papers + called for by the resolution.
R. B. HAYES
+ Relating to the convention of May 20, 1875, for the establishment of an international bureau of weights and measures.
Rutherford B. Hayes, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/204956