October 24, 1881
To the Senate.
I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of State in answer to the resolution of the Senate of October 14, with accompanying document.*
*Letter of instruction to United States ministers in Europe relative to protecting the rights and interests of the United States in the projected interoceanic canal at Panama,
CHESTER A. ARTHUR
Chester A. Arthur, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/203704