1850, Aug. 2. Message from the President ... relative to the searching of American vessels by British ships of war. Senate Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 1 sess. XIV. No. 66.
1850, Dec. 17. Message of the President ... communicating ... a report of the Secretary of State, with documents relating to the African slave trade. Senate Exec. Doc., 31 Cong. 2 sess. II. No. 6.
1851–1853. Reports of the Secretary of the Navy. House Exec. Doc., 32 Cong. 1 sess. II. pt. 2, No. 2, pt. 2, pp. 4–5; 32 Cong. 2 sess. I. pt. 2, No. 1, pt. 2, p. 293; 33 Cong. 1 sess. I. pt. 3, No. 1, pt. 3, pp. 298–9.
1854, March 13. Message from the President ... communicating ... the correspondence between Mr. Schenck, United States Minister to Brazil, and the Secretary of State, in relation to the African slave trade. Senate Exec. Doc., 33 Cong. 1 sess. VIII. No. 47.
1854, June 13. Report submitted by Mr. Slidell, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, on a resolution relative to the abrogation of the eighth article of the
treaty with Great Britain of the 9th of August, 1842, etc. Senate Reports, 34 Cong. 1 sess. I. No. 195. (Injunction of secrecy removed June 26, 1856.)
1854–1855, Dec. Reports of the Secretary of the Navy. House Exec. Doc., 33 Cong. 2 sess. I. pt. 2, No. 1, pt. 2, pp. 386–7; 34 Cong. 1 sess. I. pt. 3, No. 1, pt. 3, p. 5.
1856, May 19. Slave and Coolie Trade: Message from the President ... communicating information in regard to the Slave and Coolie trade. House Exec. Doc., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 105. (Partly reprinted in Senate Exec. Doc., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV No. 99.)
1856, Aug. 5. Report of the Secretary of State, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of April 24, calling for information relative to the coolie trade. Senate Exec. Doc., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XV. No. 99. (Partly reprinted in House Exec Doc., 34 Cong. 1 sess. XII. No. 105.)
1856, Dec. 1. Report of the Secretary of the Navy. House Exec. Doc., 34 Cong. 3 sess. I. pt. 2, No. 1, pt. 2, p. 407.