May 02, 1878
To the Senate of the United States:
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of April 16, 1878, I transmit herewith reports + made to me by the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney-General.
R.B. HAYES
+ Relating to the defalcations of William R. Whitaker while collector of internal revenue for the first district of Louisiana and while assistant treasurer of the United States at New Orleans.
Rutherford B. Hayes, Special Message Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/204919