April 20, 1858
To the Senate of the United States:
I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, with accompanying papers,* in answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 5th instant.
JAMES BUCHANAN.
*Instructions to William B. Reed, United States commissioner to China.
James Buchanan, Message to the Senate on Affairs in China Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/202650