July 30, 1861
To the Senate of the United States:
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 23d instant, requesting information concerning the imprisonment of Lieutenant John J. Worden (John L. Worden), of the United States Navy, I transmit a report from the Secretary of the Navy.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Abraham Lincoln, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/201919