A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Volume 5, part 1: Presidents Taylor and Fillmore

by Unknown

To the Senate of the United States:

In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, requesting the communication of a dispatch[¹⁴] addressed to the Department of State by Mr. Niles, late chargé d'affaires of the United States at Turin, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, which is accompanied by a copy of the dispatch.

MILLARD FILLMORE.

WASHINGTON, December 23, 1851.

To the House of Representatives:

I transmit to the House of Representatives a report from the Secretary of State, in answer to the first part[¹⁵] of a resolution of the 15th December, 1851, and also a report from the Secretary of the Navy, in answer to the remaining part[¹⁶] of the same resolution.

MILLARD FILLMORE.

WASHINGTON, December 23, 1851.

To the House of Representatives:

In answer to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 15th instant, requesting information in regard to the imprisonment, trial, and sentence of John S. Thrasher in the island of Cuba, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents which accompanied it.